2019-2021 Annual Catch Limits

National Standard 1 guidance allows for a multi-year specification of ACLs to minimize administrative burden on the Council and to provide stability in the fisheries. With this in mind, the Council recommended ACLs for its coral reef ecosystem complex, crustacean complex, and precious corals complex species for 2015-2018 at its 159th meeting. The Council also made recommendations for the territorial bottomfish ACLs at its 161st and 164th meeting for 2015, 2016 and 2017; and recommended ACLs for the Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 Bottomfish for fishing years 2015-2018 at the 163rd meeting.  The ACLs (expressed in pounds) are summarized in the table shown below:

Management Unit Species 2019 ACL 2020 ACL 2021 ACL
American Samoa
Bottomfish NA NA NA
Management Unit Species 2019 ACL 2020 ACL 2021 ACL
Guam
Bottomfish NA NA NA
Management Unit Species 2019 ACL 2020 ACL 2021 ACL
CNMI
Bottomfish NA NA NA
Management Unit Species 2018-2019 ACL 2019-2020 ACL 2020-2021 ACL
Hawaii
Bottomfish Complexes
Main Hawaiian Island Deep 7 Bottomfish

492,000

(2018-2019)

492,000

(2019-2020)

492,000

(2020-2021)
Uku 127,205 127,205 127,205
Crustacean complex
Deepwater shrimp 250,733 250,733 250,733
Kona crab 3,500 NA NA
Precious coral complex
Black corals in Auau channel 5,512 5,512 5,512
Precious corals in the known beds      
·         Makapuu      
·         Pink and Red 2,205 2,205 2,205
·         Bamboo 551 551 551
·         180 Fathom      
·         Pink and Red 489 489 489
·         Bamboo 123 123 123
·         Brooks Bed      
·         Pink and Red 979 979 979
·         Bamboo 245 245 245
·         Kaena Point      
·         Pink and Red 148 148 148
·         Bamboo 37 37 37
·         Keahole Point      
·         Pink and Red 148 148 148
·         Bamboo 37 37 37
·         Exploratory areas 2,205 2,205 2,205