Commercial Shellfish Fisheries
Prince William Sound Management Area
Fishery Advisory Announcements
- 2025 Prince William Sound Subsistence Tanner and Gloden King Crab Permit Update (PDF 442 kB) - 10/2/25
- Prince William Sound Area Shrimp Pot Fishery Second Fishing Period (PDF 375 kB) - 5/8/25
- 2025 Prince William Sound Area Shrimp Pot Fishery (PDF 531 kB) - 4/21/25
- 2025 Prince William Sound Area Shrimp Pot Fishery (PDF 461 kB) - 3/18/25
- 2025 Prince William Sound Area Commercial Shrimp Pot Fishery Closed (PDF 603 kB) - 2/18/25
- REVISED Prince William Sound Area Tanner Crab Test Fishery Opportunity (PDF 372 kB) - 1/10/25
- Prince William SoundArea Tanner Crab Test Fishery Opportunity (PDF 292 kB) - 1/10/25
Harvest
- 2022 Prince William Sound Tanner Crab Summary (PDF 1,506 kB)
- 2020 Prince William Sound Golden King Crab Summary (PDF 815 kB)
Management & Announcements
Management
- PWS Field Guide to King Crab Identification (PDF 484 kB)
- Crab Pot Requirements (PDF 536 kB)
Annual Management Reports
- Cook Inlet Area and Prince William Sound Area Commercial Fisheries for Shrimp and Miscellaneous Shellfish through 2021 (PDF 3,047 kB)
- Prince William Sound Tanner Crab Commercial Fishery Harvest Strategy Recommendations and Proposed Assessment, 2022 (PDF 4,662 kB)
- Prince William Sound Commissioner's Permit Tanner Crab Fishery, 2018-2021 (PDF 1,971 kB)
- Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound Area Management Report for Tanner and King Crab Fisheries through 2019 (PDF 3,030 kB)
- Cook Inlet Area and PWS Dungeness Crab, Shrimp, and Misc. Shellfish through 2014 (PDF 4,597 kB)
- Cook Inlet and PWS Tanner and King Crab Fisheries through 2013 (PDF 4,008 kB)
- PWS Dungeness Crab, Shrimp, and Misc. Shellfish, 2011 (PDF 3,116 kB)
- Commercial Weathervane Scallop Fisheries in Alaska, 2005/06 (PDF 6,919 kB)
Registrations
For information on ADF&G commissioners permit fishery registrations or tender registrations please contact the Homer ADF&G office at (907) 235-8191
- Prince William Sound Shrimp Pot Registration (PDF 163 kB)
- Prince William Sound Shrimp Trawl Registration (PDF 136 kB)
Logbooks
- Prince William Sound Shrimp Pot Logbook (PDF 148 kB)
- Prince William Sound Shrimp Trawl Logbook (PDF 12 kB)
Maps
- Shrimp Trawl Fishery Commercial Harvest Areas (Image file 639 kB)
- Shrimp Pot Fishery Commercial Harvest Areas (PDF 1,393 kB)
