Fishing periods, number of fishing days, catch limit, commercial, research and total catch (thousands of pounds, net weight) by regulatory area for the 1999 Pacific halibut commercial fishery.
Area
Fishing Period
No. Of Days
Catch
Limit
Commercial
Catch
Research
Catch
Total
Catch
2A treaty Indian
3/15 - 4/21
37
256
264
 
264
2A Commercial
Incidental
May - June
61
23.51
10
 
10
2A C ommercial
Directed
July 72
July 212
10-hrs
10-hrs
 

133.11

120
37
157
   
Total 2A Commercial
   
156.6
167
 
167
2A Total 
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412.6
431
19
450
2B3
3/15 – 11/15
245
12,1004
12,214
490
12,704
2C5
3/15 – 11/15
245
10,4906
9,902
266
10,168
3A
3/15 – 11/15
245
24,6706
24,310
982
25,292
3B
3/15 – 11/15
245
13,3706
13,160
675
13,835
4A
3/15 – 11/15
245
4,2406
4,220
149
4,369
4B
3/15 – 11/15
245
3,9806
3,452
119
3,571
4C
3/15 – 11/15
245
2,0306
1,762
 
1,762
4D
3/15 – 11/15
245
2,0306
1,891
 
1,891
4E
3/15 – 11/15
245
3906
264
 
264
Alaska Total
   
61,200
58,961
 
61,152
Total
   
73,713
71,606
2,700
74,306
1 Pounds were carried over from the incidental to directed commercial catch limit.
2 Fishing period limits by vessel class.
3 Includes the pounds that were landed by Native communal commercial licenses (F licenses).
4 An additional 119,000 pounds available as carryover from 1998.
5 Includes 35,000 pounds taken by Metlakatla Indians during additional fishing within reservation waters.
6 Additional net carryover pounds (thousands) from the underage/overage program were 2C = 384, 3A = 748, 3B = 208, 4A = 95, 4B = 160, 4C = 51, 4D = 40.