Commercial Groundfish Fisheries
Prince William Sound Management Area
Fishery Advisory Announcements
- 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
- Prince William Sound Area Sablefish Season Opening and Quota Allocations (PDF 172 kB) - 3/11/25
- 2025 Prince William Sound Area State Waters Pacific Cod Season Closes to Pot Gear (PDF 194 kB) - 3/10/25
- 2025 Prince William Sound Area Parallel Pacific Cod Season Closes to Longline Hook Gear, State-Waters Pacific Cod Season Opens to Longline Hook Gear (PDF 450 kB) - 2/21/25
- Prince William Sound Area Pollock Pelagic Trawl Fishery Closes (PDF 62 kB) - 2/14/25
- 2025 Prince William Sound Area State-Waters Pacific Cod Season Opening for Pot Gear (PDF 359 kB) - 2/6/25
- Prince William Sound Area Sablefish Season Opening and Registration Deadline (PDF 62 kB) - 1/28/25
- REVISED *Mandatory Retention of all Salmon* Prince William Sound Area Directed Pollock Pelagic Trawl Fishery Opens (PDF 184 kB) - 1/8/25
- REVISED *PWS Sablefish Registration Deadline* Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet Areas 2025 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 1,164 kB) - 12/31/24
- Prince William Sound Area 2025 Parallel Pacific Cod Season Opens January 1 (PDF 409 kB) - 12/30/24
- Prince William Sound Area Pollock Test Fishery Opportunity (PDF 121 kB) - 12/30/24
- Prince William Sound Area Directed Pollock Pelagic Trawl Fishery Opens (PDF 189 kB) - 12/30/24
- Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet Areas 2025 Central Region Groundfish Fisheries Outlook (PDF 1,155 kB) - 12/23/24
Emergency Orders
Harvest
Management & Announcements
Regulations
Annual Management Reports
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
Statewide Maps