Catch		Product Value
Percentage of catch in the Alaska groundfish fishery by species (left) and by product value (right) for the year 2011.

During 2011, pollock made up 62% of the total groundfish catch off Alaska.  The pollock catch for 2011 was 1,282,780 metric tons (t), up approximately 44% from 2010.

The 2011 catch of flatfish, which includes yellowfin sole, rock sole and arrowtooth flounder, was 327,310 t or 15.8% of the total 2011 Alaska groundfish catch, up about 12% from 2010.

Pacific cod accounted for 304,950 t or 14.7% of the total 2011 Alaska groundfish catch.  The Pacific cod catch was up about 22% from a year earlier.

Other important species (% of total 2011 catch and % change from 2010) are:  Atka mackerel 53,430 t (2.6%, down 25%),
sablefish 12,870 t (0.6%, up 8%), and rockfish 51,120 t (2.5%, up 5%).