Fishing periods, number of fishing days, catch limits, commerical, research, and total catch (thousands of pounds) by regulatory area for the 1997 Pacific halibut  commercial fishery.
AREA
FISHING 
PERIOD
 NO. OF DAYS CATCH LIMIT
COMMERCIAL
CATCH
RESEARCH CATCH
 TOTAL CATCH
2A- treaty Indian
3/15-3/27
directed
incidental
195.5
34.5
230.0
201
27
228
-
228
2A incidental
5/01 - 6/30
61
21.6
19
-
19
2A directed
7/082
10 hours
122.6
(126.6)1
148
18
166
2B
3/15 - 11/15
245
12,5003
12,322
98
12,420
2C
3/15 - 11/15
245
10,0005
9,7534
166
9,920
3A
3/15 - 11/15
245
25,0005
24,235
393
24,628
3B
3/15 - 11/15
245
9,0005
8,729
343
9,072
4A
3/15 - 11/15
245
2,9405
2,785
122
2,907
4B
3/15 - 11/15
245
3,4805
3,213
105
3,318
4C
3/15 - 11/15
245
1,1605
1,101
16
1,117
4D
3/15 - 11/15
245
1,1605
1,116
37
1,152
4E
3/15 - 11/15
245
2605
251
-
251
Alaska total
-
-
53,000
51,182
1,183
52,365
TOTAL
-
-
65,874
63,899
1,299
65,198

1. 4,000 pounds carried over from the incidental to directed commercial catch limit at time of fishery, due to troll catch estimate of 17,600.
2. Fishing periods by vessel class.
3. An additional 81,000 pounds available as carryover from 1996.
4. Includes 88,000 pounds taken by Metlakatla Indians during additional fishing within reservation waters.
5. Additional carryover in 000's of pounds from the underage program were: 2C= 271; 3A= 446; 3B= 76; 4A= 45; 4B= 84; 4C = 21; 4D =19; 4E = 0.