The IPHC has set season dates of

March 6 - December 7th for the 2021 season.

The Commission also scheduled further review of a year round season, with future consideration scheduled for the interim and 2022 annual meeting.

Catch limits for each area are below. Please remember the Area 2C and 3A limits include the guided sport component. For reference, a catch limit table that includes recent catch limits and the catch limits projected by staff for 2021 is farther down on the page. NOTE: the interim agreement negotiated by the Commissioners two years ago assured Canada a catch limit for 2021 in excess of the surveyed abundance off their coast, which had a direct effect on the Alaska areas.

Recent reference TCEYs (generated by the stock assessment) and TCEYs adopted by the IPHC

Area 2C was projected to take a 12% reduction in 2021. Instead, the Area 2C TCEY was reduced by 50,000 pounds, or less than 1%.