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May 1, 2009
2009
HALIBUT LANDING REPORT NO. 1
Quota
Share Commercial Fisheries Update
The 2009 quota share halibut fisheries opened
on March 21. It is estimated that the following catches and
numbers of landings were made in the Alaskan IFQ fishery and in
the British Columbian IVQ fishery through April 24, 2009. No
Alaskan Community Development Quota (CDQ) landings have been
made in 2009.
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Area
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Catch
Limit
(000’s
pounds)
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Catch
(000’s
pounds)
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Number
of
Landings
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2C
3A
3B
4
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5,020.0
21,700.0
10,900.0
7,880.0
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1,158
3,257
196
98
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252
321
21
8
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Alaska
total
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45,500.0
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4,709
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602
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2B
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6,711.6
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1,448
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160
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Grand
Total
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52,211.6
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6,157
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762
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The catch off Alaska represents 10% of the 2009 commercial
fishery catch limit. For comparison, 7.6 million pounds, or 15% of
the 2008 catch limit, were landed in the Alaskan fishery by this
same date in 2008; however, the opening date of the 2008 fishery
occurred 13 days earlier in the year than that of the 2009
fishery. Thus, during the first 41 days of the 2008 Alaskan
commercial halibut fishery, 5.0 million pounds, or 10% of the
catch limit, were landed.
The catch from British Columbian waters represents 22% of the
2009 commercial fishery catch limit. For comparison, 1.9 million
pounds, or 24% of the 2008 catch limit, had been landed from Area
2B by this same date in 2008. Also, during the first 41 days of
the 2008 IVQ fishery, 1.6 million pounds, or 21% of the catch
limit, had been landed.
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Bruce M. Leaman
Executive Director
Phone: (206) 634-1838
Fax: (206)
632-2983
Web: www.iphc.washington.edu |
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