Fishing periods, number of fishing days, catch limit, commercial, research and total catch (thousands of pounds, net weight) by regulatory area for the 2000 Pacific halibut commercial fishery.

Regulatory Area

Fishing Period

No. of Days

Catch Limit

Commercial Catch

Research Catch

Total Catch

2A Treaty Indian

3/15-4/27

44

305

312.0

 

312.0

2A Commercial

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incidental

May-June

61

 

20.7

 

 

 

Aug 1-4

4

 

0.8

 

 

 

Aug 11 - 21

15

 

0.5

 

 

 

 

 

24.51

 

 

22.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directed

July 52

10-hrs

 

129.3

 

 

 

July 192

10-hrs

 

16.3

 

 

 

Aug 22

10-hrs

 

3.4

 

 

 

 

 

138.61

 

 

149.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Commercial

 

 

163.1

171.0

 

171.0

2A Total

 

 

468

483

 

483

2B

3/15 – 11/15

245

10,6003

10,6304

181

10,811

2C5

3/15 – 11/15

245

8,4006

8,266

179

8,445

3A

3/15 – 11/15

245

18,3106

18,166

1,122

19,288

3B

3/15 – 11/15

245

15,0306

14,888

525

15,413

4A

3/15 – 11/15

245

4,9706

4,960

195

5,155

4B

3/15 – 11/15

245

4,9106

4,560

132

4,692

4C

3/15 – 11/15

245

2,0306

1,736

 

1,736

4D

3/15 – 11/15

245

2,0306

1,864

66

1,930

4E

3/15 – 11/15

245

3906

351

 

351

Alaska Total

 

 

56,070

54,790

2,219

57,009

Total

 

 

67,138

65,904

2,400

68,304

1 Pounds were carried over from the incidental to directed commercial catch limit.
2 Fishing period limits by vessel class.
3 An additional 145,820 pounds available as carryover from 1999.
4 Includes the pounds that were landed by Native communal commercial licenses (F licenses).
5 Includes 54,000 pounds taken by Metlakatla Indians during additional fishing within reservation waters.
6 Additional net carryover pounds (thousands) from the underage/overage program were: 2C = 376; 3A = 408; 3B = 196; 4A = 39; 4B = 127; 4C = 46; 4D = 34.