Commercial Shellfish Fisheries
Prince William Sound Management Area

Fishery Advisory Announcements

• 2026 Prince William Sound Management Area Commercial Shrimp Pot Fishery Closed (PDF 726 kB) - 2/5/26

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Harvest & Status

• 2022 Prince William Sound Tanner Crab Summary (PDF 1,506 kB)
• 2020 Prince William Sound Golden King Crab Summary (PDF 815 kB)

Management & Announcements

Management

• PWS Field Guide to King Crab Identification (PDF 484 kB)
• Crab Pot Requirements (PDF 536 kB)

Annual Management Reports

• Cook Inlet Area and Prince William Sound Area Commercial Fisheries for Shrimp and Miscellaneous Shellfish through 2021 (PDF 3,047 kB)
• Prince William Sound Tanner Crab Commercial Fishery Harvest Strategy Recommendations and Proposed Assessment, 2022 (PDF 4,662 kB)
• Prince William Sound Commissioner's Permit Tanner Crab Fishery, 2018-2021 (PDF 1,971 kB)
• Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound Area Management Report for Tanner and King Crab Fisheries through 2019 (PDF 3,030 kB)
• Cook Inlet Area and PWS Dungeness Crab, Shrimp, and Misc. Shellfish through 2014 (PDF 4,597 kB)
• Cook Inlet and PWS Tanner and King Crab Fisheries through 2013 (PDF 4,008 kB)
• PWS Dungeness Crab, Shrimp, and Misc. Shellfish, 2011 (PDF 3,116 kB)
• Commercial Weathervane Scallop Fisheries in Alaska, 2005/06 (PDF 6,919 kB)

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Registrations

For information on ADF&G commissioners permit fishery registrations or tender registrations please contact the Homer ADF&G office at (907) 235-8191

• Prince William Sound Shrimp Pot Registration (PDF 163 kB)
• Prince William Sound Shrimp Trawl Registration (PDF 136 kB)
• Prince William Sound Octopus Registration (PDF 322 kB)

To submit registrations online e-mail filled out and signed registration form to Nathan.McClenning@alaska.gov. Registrations are not valid until signed by ADF&G.

Logbooks

• Prince William Sound Shrimp Pot Logbook (PDF 148 kB)
• Prince William Sound Shrimp Trawl Logbook (PDF 12 kB)

Maps

• Prince William Sound Area Tanner Crab Districts (PDF 2,068 kB)
• Prince William Sound Commercial Shrimp Pot Fishery Areas (PDF 2,498 kB)
• Prince William Sound Commercial Shrimp Pot Area 1 Closed Waters (PDF 3,491 kB)
• Prince William Sound Commercial Shrimp Pot Area 2 Closed Waters (PDF 2,652 kB)
• Prince William Sound Commercial Shrimp Pot Area 3 Closed Waters (PDF 2,155 kB)
• Prince William Sound Shrimp Trawl Fishery Sections (PDF 3,309 kB)
• Prince William Sound Shrimp Trawl Fishery Closed Waters (PDF 4,280 kB)

Statewide Maps

• Statistical Area Maps