NOAA Fisheries

Table of Contents

• Harvest and Landing Reports
• IFQ Cost Recovery Reports and Ex-vessel Prices
• Licenses Issued - Quota Share and Registered Buyer
• Quota Share Pools, TACs, Quota Share Use, Vessels Caps and Seasons
• QS/IFQ Transfers and IFQ Crewmember Statistics
• Publications and Research
  • IPHC Halibut Research Surveys

Harvest and Landing Reports

NOTE: NOAA Fisheries Alaska Region recently revised the following reports for confidentiality reasons. Within the following reports, confidential data are masked with asterisks. Landings by harvest area and landing port, daily landing summaries, and current year weekly/monthly landing reports have been removed due to data confidentiality constraints. You may submit requests for specific data in writing to the RAM Program at RAM.Alaska@noaa.gov. However, confidentiality is the primary controlling factor in what we may release.

Allocations and Landings (IFQ halibut/sablefish and CDQ halibut)

• 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995

IFQ Harvest by Port of Landing (current year run daily)

• 2012, 2011 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995

IFQ Landings

Halibut: Daily, and current year weekly/monthly landings may not be shown due to data confidentiality constraints.

• Weekly: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000

• Monthly: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000

Sablefish: Daily, and current year weekly/monthly landings may not be shown due to data confidentiality constraints.

• Weekly: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000

• Monthly: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000

Halibut/Sablefish Combined

• 1995 - 1999 - Multi-year report with weekly and monthly data

QS/IFQ Transfers and IFQ Crewmember Statistics

• IFQ Crewmember Data: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
• Changes in Halibut QS Holdings between Initial Issuance and Currently Issued: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
• Transfers of Quota Shares and Individual Fishing Quota (multi-year): 1995 - 1999
• Transfers of Quota Shares and Individual Fishing Quota (current year): 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
• Transfer Report - Changes Under Alaska's Halibut IFQ program 1995 through 2009: Executive Summary, Full Report
• Transfer Report - Changes Under Alaska's Sablefish IFQ program 1995 through 2009: Executive Summary, Full Report

Licenses Issued

*Reports are updated daily, except Initial Issuee list, or as noted.

• Mailing addresses of current Quota Share Holders: .csv (unique names with business addresses)
• Current Quota Share with Holders and QS Units: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995 (by species, area, vessel category, blocks, and CDQ compensation flag)
• Quota Share Units with QS Group and Serial Numbers, and Security Interest Assertions: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 (by species, area, vessel category, blocks, and CDQ compensation flag). Pieces of Blocked QS assigned the same QS Group number are part of the same block.
• Inactive Initial Issuees and their Quota Share Holdings (Initial Issuees who have never fished or transferred QS or IFQ): .xls (by species, area, vessel category, blocks, and CDQ compensation flag), Updated 11/29/2011
• Sweepable QS Blocks: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 (by species, area, and vessel category)
• CDQ Compensation QS: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 (by species, area, vessel category; this QS is unblocked)
• Category "A" (freezer) QS: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 (by species, area, blocks, and CDQ compensation flag)
• Initial Issuees of QS with QS Units: .csv
  (by species, area, vessel category, and block type). Note: Initial issuance of QS continues as appeals are adjudicated.
• Persons Eligible to Receive QS by Transfer: .csv
• Current Registered Buyers: .csv
  
• Name and Contact Information for Community Quota Entities: .pdf

Quota Share Pools, TACS, Quota Share Use, Vessel Caps and Seasons

• Community Development Quota (CDQ) Halibut Allocations: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
• IFQ/CDQ Halibut and IFQ Sablefish Allocations: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
• Quota Share (QS) Pools and TACs: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003,2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995
• QS Use Caps and Vessel IFQ Caps: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003,2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997
• Season Dates for Halibut and IFQ Sablefish Fisheries: 1995-Present

IFQ Cost Recovery Reports, Ex-vessel Prices, and Federal Register Notices

• Standard Prices and Fee Percentages: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 correction, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
• IFQ Cost Recovery Program Report: 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002
  • NOTE: Since 2007, RAM has included the cost recovery (fee) reports in the Annual Pacific Halibut-Sablefish IFQ Report (Report to the Fleet).
• Annual Ex-Vessel Prices by Management Area and Statewide, from 1992 on: Halibut and Sablefish (non trawl gear only)
• IFQ Cost Recovery (Fee) Information

IFQ/CDQ Publications

Fishery Publications

• Evolution of Catch Share Management - Lessons From the North Pacific
• Annual Pacific Halibut–Sablefish IFQ Report (Report to the Fleet) for fishing year: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, Overview February 1995, Overview February 1994
• Development of the IFQ Program - North Pacific Fishery Management Council Report
• Report on Holdings of Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) by Residents of Selected Gulf of Alaska Fishing Communities 1995-2009, August 2010
• Holdings of Limited Entry Permits, Sablefish Quota Shares, and Halibut Quota Shares through 1998 and Data on Fishery Gross Earnings (external link)

Research Publications

• Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) Sablefish Research and Longline Survey Reports
• IPHC Halibut Research Surveys
• Effects of IFQs on Catching Efficiency and Spawning Potential in the Alaska Sablefish Fishery, Chris Lunsford and Mike Sigler, 2001 (external link)
• Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission IFQ Research Reports: Halibut 1995-1998, Sablefish 1995-1998 (external links)

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