Fishing periods, number of fishing days, catch limits, commerical, research, and total catch (thousands of pounds) by regulatory area for the 1998 Pacific halibut  commercial fishery.
AREA
FISHING 
PERIOD
 NO. OF DAYS CATCH LIMIT
COMMERCIAL
CATCH
RESEARCH CATCH
 TOTAL CATCH
2A- treaty Indian
3/15-3/201
6
272
295.6
-
295.6
2A Commercial
Incidental

 
Directed



 
  
 

total

  

May-June
Aug.- Oct
 

7/223
8/123
8/263
9/233

  

61
92
 

10-hours
10-hours
10-hours
10-hours

  

25.32
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

143.6
168.9

  

10.2
2.8
13.0
 

82.0
43.0
14.5
12.0
151.5
 

164.5
-
  

10.2
2.8
13.0
 

82.0
43.0
14.5
12.0
151.5
 

164.5
2A Total
-
-
440.9
460.1
-
460.1
2B
3/15 - 11/15
245
13,0004
12,8955
255
13,150
2C
3/15 - 11/15
245
10,5007
9,6666
526
10,192
3A
3/15 - 11/15
245
26,0007
24,538
1,165
25,703
3B
3/15 - 11/15
245
11,0007
10,464
696
11,160
4A
3/15 - 11/15
245
3,5007
3,221
197
3,418
4B
3/15 - 11/15
245
3,5007
2,788
113
2,901
4C
3/15 - 11/15
245
1,5907
1,256
-
1,256
4D
3/15 - 11/15
245
1,5907
1,308
-
1,308
4E
3/15 - 11/15
245
3207
188
-
188
Alaska Total
-
-
58,000
53,429
2,697
56,126
GRAND TOTAL
-
-
71,440.9
66,784.1
2,952
69,736.1
1. Different treaty Indian tribes closed on different days, from 3/15 to 3/20.
2. Pounds were carried over from the incidental to directed commercial catch limit.
3. Fishing period limits by vessel class.
4. An additional 33,000 pounds available as carryover from 1997.
5. Includes the pounds that were landed by Native communal commercial licenses (F licenses).
6. Includes 11,000 pounds taken by Metlakatla Indians during additional fishing within reservation waters.
7. Additional net carryover pounds (000's) from the underage/overage program were 2C= 216; 3A= 393; 3B= 84; 4A= 43; 4B= 51; 4C = 13; 4D= 4; 4E = 0.