2019-2023 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 159^th meeting. The Council also made recommendations for the territorial bottomfish ACLs at its 161^st and 164^th meeting for 2015, 2016 and 2017; and recommended ACLs for the Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 Bottomfish for fishing years 2015-2018 at the 163^rd meeting.  The ACLs (expressed in pounds) are summarized in the table shown below:

Management Unit Species 2019 ACL 2020 ACL 2021 ACL
Hawaii
Bottomfish Complexes
Main Hawaiian Island Deep 7 Bottomfish	492,000 (2019-2020)	492,000 (2020-2021)
Uku	127,205	127,205
Crustacean complex
Deepwater shrimp	250,733	250,733	250,733
Kona crab	25,491	25,491	30,802
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