Area 2A Sport Halibut Seasons

	Area	Area Catch Projection (lbs)	Catch to date¹	Remaining	Season Status
					Dates^2,7	Days/Week
Puget Sound	East of Low Point West of Low Point and east of Sekiu River	57,393	n/a	57,393	Closed Closed	- -
North Coast³	Sekiu River mouth to Queets River (Closed area SW of Cape Flattery)	108,030	102,782	5,248	Closed
South Coast⁴ Primary Nearshore^2,5	Queets River to Leadbetter Point	40,739 2,000	38,724 821	1,965 1,178	Closed May 3 - Sept 30	- Thurs - Sat
Columbia River⁴ Summer fishery	Leadbetter Pt. to Cape Falcon	11,014 4,720	11,266 1,165	(252) 3,303	Closed Aug 7 - Sept 27	- Fri - Sun
Central OR (Spring)⁴All-depth (Spring) All-depth (Summer/Fall) Nearshore⁶	Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt	124,261 41,420 14,407	122,402 52,330 8,228	1,859 (9,053) 6,179	Closed Closed Closed	- - -
Southern Oregon/California	South of Humbug Mt., OR/CA	5,872	n/a	5,872	May 1 - Oct 31	Mon - Sun
¹ Catch in pounds, net weight (head-off, eviscerated)
² Season open until ending date shown or until quota is attained, whichever occurs first
³ Area closures due to yelloweye rockfish conservation area and nearshore fishing coordinates can be found at http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/fish/creel/halibut/northcoast.htm
⁴ Restrictions on groundfish retention apply
⁵ Restrictions to nearshore waters in the area from 47� 25.00΄N south to 46� 58.00΄N latitude and east of 124� 30.00΄W
⁶ Restricted to waters inside the 40-fathom boundary line
⁷ Re-openings will be announced on the NMFS hotline (1-800-662-9825) if unharvested quota remains