Commercial Groundfish Newsletter 2023

Identification Information

Citation

Originator: Pierson, Katie

Publish Date: 2023

Online Link: None

BPA Project #:

Contact Information

Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Katie Pierson

Job Position: Commercial Groundfish Project Leader

Telephone: 541-867-4741

E-Mail Address: katherine.j.pierson@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: Unlike other fisheries in Oregon, commercial groundfish is made up of many different target species and many different gear types. This makes talking about the fishery as a whole somewhat complicated. In our groundfish fishery, industry targets multiple species including: whiting, sablefish, flatfish, and midwater rockfish. To target the wide range of species within groundfish, a diverse range of gear types are also used, including hook and line, longline, pots, and trawl gear. Sometimes we portray these fisheries in terms of target species, sometimes in terms of gear. In the infographic below, landings into Oregon are totals of ALL the groundfish fisheries. The next sections will focus on the trawl catch shares program which includes the shoreside whiting fishery caught by midwater trawl, the sablefish fishery pursued by all the fleets, and the state-managed nearshore live fish fishery. This newsletter will showcase parts of the groundfish fishery in three ways. First, it will showcase the trawl fishery, which includes bottom trawl, midwater trawl for pacific whiting, and midwater trawl for rockfish, as well as those who gear switch to catch their quota. Second, we will learn about the sablefish fishery that will contain information about fish caught in the catch shares program (trawl and gear switchers), the Primary Tier fishery, limited entry trip limit fishery and the open access fishery. We also want to feature a Nearshore fishery each year, and this year we will explore the live rockfish fishery that is primarily caught with hook and line on the Southern Oregon coast. We tried to do this great fishery justice in this first newsletter but recognize there is always room for improvements. Please feel free to reach out with your thoughts and suggestions on improvements for future years.

Purpose:

Time Period of Content: 2022

Geographic Extent: Oregon

Status: Final

Use Constraints:

Format: PDF

Data Quality Information

Lineage-Source:

Data Information

No data information was supplied.

Entity and Attribute Information

Attributes Description: Field attribute information is available in the attached file(s).

Is a physical copy maintained for reference at Headquarters? Unknown