Halibut Catch Limits: 1980-2006

Pacific Halibut Catch Limits: 1980-2004

Table 1A. Catch limits of Pacific halibut by IPHC regulatory area (in thousands of pounds, net weight), 1980 - 1985. Regulatory area definitions as defined in the year and the definitions changed during this time series (see IPHC Technical Report No. 27).

	Catch Limits
Regulatory Area	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
Area 2 (US waters)	3,200
2A¹		200	200	200	300	500
Area 2 (Canadian waters)	6,100
2B		5,400	5,400	5,400	9,000	10,000
2C		3,400	3,400	3,400	5,700	9,000
Area 3	10,000
3A		13,000²	14,000	14,000	18,000	23,000
3B		2,000²	3,000	5,000	7,000	9,000
Area 4	1,000	1,000	1,500
4A				1,200	1,200	1,700
4B				800	1,100	1,300
4CD				600
4CDE					850	1,250
Total	20,300	25,000	27,500	30,600	43,050	55,750

¹Area 2A catch limit is commercial only.

^{2 The Area 3 catch limit of 13.0 million pounds
(11.0 = 3A; 2.0 = 3B) was raised mid-season to 15.0 million pounds to allow an
August fishery in Area 3B.}

Table 1B. Catch limits of Pacific halibut by IPHC regulatory area (in thousands of pounds, net weight), 1986 - 1992. Regulatory area definitions as defined in the year and the definitions changed during this time series (see IPHC Technical Report No. 27).

	Catch Limits
Regulatory Area	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992
2A¹	550	550	750	650	520	450	650
2B	11,200	11,500	12,500	10,000	7,800	7,400	8,000
2C	11,200	11,500	11,500	9,500	8,000	7,400	10,000
3A	28,100	31,000	36,000	31,000	31,000	26,600	26,600
3B	10,300	9,500	8,000	8,500	7,200	8,800	8,800
4A	2,000	1,750	1,900	1,800	1,500	1,700	2,300
4B	1,700	1,750	2,000	1,900	1,500	1,700	2,300
4CDE	1,350	1,275	1,500	1,300	1,100	1,300	1,730
Total	66,400	68,825	74,150	64,650	58,620	55,350	60,380

¹Area 2A includes commercial and treaty Indian catch limits in 1986 and 1987. Area 2A includes commercial, sport, and treaty Indian catch limits from 1988 to 1999.

Table 1C.

Catch limits of Pacific halibut by IPHC regulatory area (in thousands of pounds, net weight), 1993 - 1999.

	Catch Limits
Regulatory Area	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
2A¹	600	550	520	520	700	820	760
2B	10,500	10,000	9,520	9,520	12,500	13,000	12,100
2C	10,000	11,000	9,000	9,000	10,000	10,500	10,490
3A	20,700	26,000	20,000	20,000	25,000	26,000	24,670
3B	6,500	4,000	3,700	3,700	9,000	11,000	13,370
4A	2,020	1,800	1,950	1,950	2,940	3,500	4,240
4B	2,300	2,100	2,310	2,310	3,480	3,500	3,980
4CDE	1,720	1,500	1,660	1,660	2,580	3,500	4,450
Total	54,340	56,950	48,660	48,660	66,200	71,820	74,060

^{¹Area 2A from 1993 � 1999
includes commercial, sport, and treaty Indian catch limits.}

Notes:

Areas 3A and 3B closed when the combined Area 3AB catch limit was taken (1985 to 1994).

Areas 4A and 4B closed when the combined Area 4AB catch limit was taken (1986 to 1994).

Table 1D.

Catch limits of Pacific halibut by IPHC regulatory area (in thousands of pounds, net weight), 2000-2006.

	Catch Limits
Regulatory Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
2A¹	830	1,140	1,310	1,310	1,480	1,330	1,380
2B²	10,600	10,510	11,750	11,750	13,800	13,250	13,220
2C	8,400	8,780	8,500	8,500	10,500	10,930	10,630
3A	18,310	21,890	22,630	22,630	25,060	25,470	25,200
3B	15,030	16,530	17,130	17,130	15,600	13,150	10,860
4A	4,970	4,970	4,970	4,970	3,470	3,440	3,350
4B	4,910	4,910	4,180	4,180	2,810	2,260	1,670
4CDE	4,450	4,450	4,450	4,450	3,785	3,989	3,550
Total	67,500	73,180	74,920	74,920	76,505	73,820	69,860

¹Area 2A from 2000 to present includes commercial, sport, and treaty Indian catch limits.

²Area 2B from 2004 to present includes commercial and sport allocations

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