RFM Re-Certified March 2022
The U.S. Alaska Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King, Tanner, and Snow crab commercial fisheries [Bristol Bay Red King crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus), St. Matthew Island Blue King crab (Paralithodes platypus), Eastern Bering Sea Tanner Crab (Chionoecetes bairdi), Aleutian Islands Golden King Crab (Lithodes aequispinus), and Eastern Bering Sea Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)] legally employing pot gear within Alaska jurisdiction (200 nautical miles EEZ) and subject to a federal [National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)/North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC)] and state [Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) & Board of Fisheries (BOF)] joint management regime was awarded continued RFM Certification in March 2022.
Fishery Client
- Bering Sea Crab Client Group LLC
- Alaska Crab RFM Certificate
Certification Reports and Surveillance Audits
- Alaska Crab Annual Surveillance and Team Announcement, Oct 2024
- Alaska Crab Surveillance Report – March 2024
- Alaska Crab Annual Surveillance and Team Announcement, Sept 2023
- Alaska Crab Full Re-Certification Assessment Report, March 2022
- Notice of AK Crab Certification Re-Assessment, July 2021
- Surveillance Report – Oct 2021
- Notice of AK Crab Surveillance and Team – July 2021
- Surveillance Report – May 2020
- Notice of Crab Assessment Team – Dec 2019
- Surveillance Report – April 2019
- Notice of Crab Assessment Team – Dec 2018
- Surveillance Report – June 2018
- Alaska Crab Notice of 1st Surveillance, Team and Site Visit – May 2018 PDF
- AK Crab Full Assessment Final Report December 2017
- Form 9 Notice of Crab Assessment Teams and Site Visits December 2016
Initial Certification Archives
Audit 4:
- Annual Audit Report – July 2016
- Comments:
Click here to submit a comment regarding 4th Final Audit 4 Report
- Comments:
- Form 9 Assessment Team Nomination Alaska Crab, April 2016
- Form 9b Notice of Surveillance and Site Visit Alaska Crab, April 2016
Audit 3:
- Annual Audit Report, June 2015
- Comments:
Click here to submit a comment regarding the Final Audit 3 Report
- Comments:
- Form 9 Notice of Assessment Team Nomination for the BSAI Crab, April 2015
- Form 9b Site Visit BSAI Crab, April 2015
Audit 2:
Audit 1:
- Annual Audit Report, July 2013
- Comments:
Click here to submit a comment regarding the Final Audit Report
- Comments:
Initial Certification:
- Final Full Report:
Download the Final Full Certification Report - Summary Report:
Download the Summary Certification Report - Comments:
Click here to submit a comment regarding the Final Certification Report. - Confirmation of External Peer Reviewers, March 2012
- Notices for the Assessment Team, December 2011
- Announcement of Site Visit, December 2011