December 22, 2020
Below is a table showing the 2021 shorebased trawl allocations and vessel limits for IFQ and IBQ species in pounds [50 CFR 660.140(d)(1)(ii)(D); 50 CFR 660.140(e)(4) dated December 11th 2020]. Vessel limits are the amount of QP that can be transferred to a vessel account.
The Annual QP Limit is the total amount of QP (used, unused available, and pending outgoing transfers) that may be registered to a single vessel during the year. It applies to all QPs transferred in minus all QPs transferred out of the vessel account. The non-whiting groundfish species annual QP limit is an overall limit applying to the sum of every IFQ species (excluding Pacific whiting and Pacific halibut).
| IFQ Category |
2021 Shorebased Trawl Allocation (mt) |
Total Pounds for Shorebased IFQ Program |
Annual QP Vessel Limit (%) |
Annual QP Vessel Limit (pounds) |
|---|
| Arrowtooth flounder |
7,376.02 |
16,261,340 |
20.0% |
3,252,268 |
| Bocaccio rockfish South of 40°10' N. |
663.75 |
1,463,318 |
15.4% |
225,351 |
| Canary rockfish |
880.96 |
1,942,184 |
10.0% |
194,218 |
| Chilipepper rockfish South of 40°10' N. |
1,695.20 |
3,737,276 |
15.0% |
560,591 |
| Cowcod South of 40°10' N. |
18 |
39,683 |
17.7% |
7,023 |
| Darkblotched rockfish |
743.49 |
1,638,894 |
6.8% |
111,459 |
| Dover sole |
45,972.65 |
101,352,344 |
3.9% |
3,952,741 |
| English sole |
8,478.20 |
18,691,231 |
7.5% |
1,401,842 |
| Lingcod North of 40°10' N. |
2,275.78 |
5,017,236 |
5.3% |
265,913 |
| Lingcod South of 40°10' N. |
435.6 |
960,333 |
13.3% |
127,724 |
| Longspine thornyheads North of 34°27' N. |
2,451.28 |
5,404,147 |
9.0% |
486,373 |
| Minor shelf rockfish North of 40°10' N. |
831.07 |
1,832,195 |
7.5% |
137,415 |
| Minor shelf rockfish South of 40°10' N. |
159.24 |
351,064 |
13.5% |
47,393 |
| Minor slope rockfish North of 40°10' N. |
938.58 |
2,069,214 |
7.5% |
155,191 |
| Minor slope rockfish South of 40°10' N. |
526.40 |
1,160,513 |
9.0% |
104,446 |
| Other flatfish |
4,088.00 |
9,012,497 |
15% |
1,351,874 |
| Pacific cod |
1,039.21 |
2,291,065 |
20.0% |
458,213 |
| *Pacific halibut (IBQ) North of 40°10' N. |
|
149,405 |
14.4% |
21,514 |
| Pacific ocean perch North of 40°10' N. |
3,337.74 |
7,358,457 |
6.0% |
441,507 |
| *Pacific whiting |
|
23,200,390 |
15.0% |
3,480,059 |
| Petrale sole |
3,692.90 |
8,141,450 |
4.5% |
366,365 |
| Sablefish North of 36° N. |
3,139.59 |
6,921,611 |
4.5% |
311,472 |
| Sablefish South of 36° N. |
786 |
1,732,833 |
15.0% |
259,925 |
| Shortspine thornyheads North of 34°27' N. |
1,212.12 |
2,672,267 |
9.0% |
240,504 |
| Shortspine thornyheads South of 34°27' N. |
50 |
110,231 |
9.0% |
9,921 |
| Splitnose rockfish South of 40°10' N. |
1,565.20 |
3,450,675 |
15.0% |
517,601 |
| Starry flounder |
171.8 |
378,754 |
20.0% |
75,751 |
| Widow rockfish |
13,600.68 |
29,984,366 |
8.5% |
2,548,671 |
| Yelloweye rockfish |
3.3 |
7,275 |
11.4% |
829 |
| Yellowtail rockfish North of 40°10' N. |
4,091.13 |
9,019,397 |
7.5% |
676,454 |
| Non-whiting Groundfish Species |
110,223.89 |
243,001,850 |
3.2% |
7,776,066 |
* Interim Allocation
An oceanic whitetip shark swims near the surface of the water. Photo courtesy of John Carlson.
Dense beds of small Atlantic sea scallops photographed on the ocean floor in the Mid-Atlantic in 2015. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.
A Petrale sole flatfish. Photo courtesy of Positively Groundfish.
Alaska salmon troller Bay of Pillars in Chatham Strait. Credit: NOAA Fisheries