Commercial Groundfish Fisheries
Prince William Sound Management Area

Fishery Advisory Announcements

• Prince William Sound Area Pacific Cod Parallel Season Closes to Jig Gear (PDF 62 kB) - 4/28/23
• Prince William Sound Area Pacific Cod Parallel Season Closes to Jig Gear (PDF 62 kB) - 4/27/23
• Prince William Sound Area Sablefish Fishery Season Opening and Quota Allocations (PDF 177 kB) - 4/5/23
• Prince William Sound Area Pacific Cod State-Waters Season Closes to Pot Gear (PDF 62 kB) - 3/31/23
• Prince William Sound Area Walleye Pollock Pelagic Trawl Fishery Closes (PDF 62 kB) - 3/28/23
• Prince William Sound Area Pacific Cod State-Waters Season Closes to Longline Gear (PDF 62 kB) - 3/22/23
• Prince William Sound Pacific Cod Fishery Vessels Allowed to Longline Pots (PDF 181 kB) - 3/6/23
• Prince William Sound Area Parallel Pacific Cod Season Closes to Longline Gear State-Waters Pacific Cod Season Opens to Longline Gear (PDF 411 kB) - 2/27/23
• Prince William Sound Area Pacific Cod Parallel Season Closes to Pot Gear Pacific Cod State-Waters Season Opens to Pot Gear (PDF 411 kB) - 2/23/23
• Prince William Sound Area Walleye Pollock Pelagic Trawl Fishery Hinchinbrook Section Closure (PDF 50 kB) - 1/30/23
• Prince William Sound Area 2022 Parallel Pacific Cod Seasons Close December 31 2023 Parallel Pacific Cod Seasons Open January 1 (PDF 405 kB) - 12/22/22
• PWS Pollock Test Fishery (PDF 109 kB) - 12/19/22
• PWS Pollock Pelagic Trawl Fishery Opens (PDF 135 kB) - 12/19/22
• 2023 Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet Groundfish Outlook (PDF 1,142 kB) - 12/16/22

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Emergency Orders

• Prince William Sound Bycatch, Emergency Order No. 2-GF-E-01-23 (PDF 26 kB)

Harvest

• Lingcod
• Pacific Cod - Parallel Season
• Pacific Cod - State-Waters Season
• Pollock - Directed Pelagic Trawl Fishery
• Rockfish
• Sablefish

Management & Announcements

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Regulations

• Seabird Avoidance Regulations

Annual Management Reports

• Prince William Sound Registration Area E Groundfish Fisheries Management Report, 2017-2020 (PDF 3,896 kB)

Forecasts

• 2022 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 1,127 kB)
• 2021 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 649 kB)
• 2020 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 500 kB)
• 2019 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 565 kB)
• 2018 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 569 kB)
• 2017 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 566 kB)
• 2016 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 500 kB)
• 2015 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 498 kB)
• 2014 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 492 kB)

Maps

Prince William Sound Districts

• Prince William Sound Groundfish Closure Areas
• Prince William Sound Statistical Area Map

Statewide Maps

• Groundfish Management Activities
• Statistical Area Maps