Commercial Groundfish Fisheries
Prince William Sound Management Area

Fishery Advisory Announcements

• Prince William Sound Area Parallel Pacific Cod Season Opens to Vessels Using Pot Gear (PDF 183 kB) - 8/29/25
• Prince William Sound Area Lingcod Season Opens (PDF 407 kB) - 6/23/25
• 2025 Prince William Sound Area Parallel Pacific Cod Season Closes to Vessels Using Jig Gear (PDF 212 kB) - 6/17/25
• 2025 Prince William Sound Area Parallel Pacific Cod Season Opens to Veels Using Jig Gear (PDF 157 kB) - 6/6/25
• Prince William Sound Area Parallel Pacific Cod Season Closes to Vessels using Jig Gear, Pacific Cod State-Waters Season Remains Closed to Vessels Using Jig Gear (PDF 95 kB) - 4/15/25

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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, 2021–2023 (PDF 2,165 kB)
• Prince William Sound Registration Area E Groundfish Fisheries Management Report, 2017–2020 (PDF 3,896 kB)

Forecasts

• 2025 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 1,164 kB)
• 2024 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 1,168 kB)
• 2023 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 1,142 kB)
• 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