Unalaska, AK – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game today announced the harvest levels for the Aleutian Islands black rockfish management areas. The guideline harvest level has been set at 90,000 pounds, and maximum bycatch of black rockfish in other fisheries has been set at five percent.

The management area is divided into three sections, labeled as the Unalaska, Akutan, and Western portions. The Unalaska area is further divided into five subsections. The Unalaska Bay and Wislow subsection, Beaver Inlet and Sedanka Island subsection, and Cape Kalekta and Unalga Island subsections each have allocations of about 3,000 pounds. Meanwhile, the South Unalaska subsection and the West Unalaska subsection each have allocations of about 12,000 pounds.

The area will open to commercial fishing on January 1.