Fishery News Releases and Announcements

• Cook Inlet Sablefish Fishery Opens (PDF 27 kB) - 7/7/17
• Cook Inlet Directed Lingcod and Rockfish Fisheries Open (PDF 30 kB) - 6/23/17
• Cook Inlet Parallel Pacific Cod Season Closes to Longline and Pot Gear State-Waters Pot Season Opens (PDF 71 kB) - 6/1/17
• Cook Inlet Pacific Cod Fishery State Waters Close to Pot Gear Parallel Opens (PDF 23 kB) - 4/4/17
• Cook Inlet State-Waters Pacific Cod Pot Season Closes to Vessels Greater Than 58 Feet (PDF 92 kB) - 3/22/17
• Cook Inlet Octopus Closes (PDF 23 kB) - 3/9/17

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Emergency Orders

• Cook Inlet Bycatch, Emergency Order No. 2-GF-H-01-16 (PDF 26 kB)

Harvest

• Cook Inlet Lingcod - Including Federal Waters
• Cook Inlet Pacific Cod - Parallel Season
• Cook Inlet Pacific Cod - State-Waters Season
• Cook Inlet Rockfish
• Cook Inlet Sablefish
• Groundfish Catch Statistics (NMFS Link)

Management & Announcements

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Annual Management Reports

• Cook Inlet Area Groundfish Management Report, 2012-2015 (PDF 1,571 kB)

Regulations

• Seabird Avoidance Regulations

Forecasts

• 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 448 kB)
• 2013 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 352 kB)
• 2012 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 352 kB)
• 2011 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 644 kB)
• 2010 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 438 kB)

Maps

Cook Inlet Districts

• Cook Inlet Sound Groundfish Closure Areas
• Cook Inlet Statistical Area Map

Statewide Maps

• Groundfish Management Activities
• Statistical Area Maps