Commercial catch and catch limits of Pacific halibut in 2003

Commercial fishing periods, number of fishing days, catch limit, commercial, research and total catch (thousands of pounds, net weight) by regulatory area for the 2003 Pacific halibut commercial fishery

Area	Fishing Period	No. Of Days	Catch Limit	Commercial Catch	Research Catch	Total
2A treaty Indian Treaty Indian total	3/1-3 4/15-16 Restricted: 3/1-31, 4/2-9 Restricted: 4/23-30	2.0 1.5	456.5	144 167 94 62 467		467
2A Commercial Incidental in Salmon fishery Incidental in Sablefish fishery Directed Commercial total	May 1 – Aug 6 May 1- Oct 31 June 25¹ July 9¹ July 23¹ August 6¹	10-hrs " " "	39.3 70.0 222.7	47 70 70 82 31 43 225	10	47 70 235
2A Total			817.9	809	10	819
2B	3/1 – 11/15	245	11,750²	11,724³	65	11,789
2C	3/1 – 11/15	245	8,500⁴	8,286⁵	124	8,410
3A	3/1 – 11/15	245	22,630⁴	22,324	424	22,748
3B	3/1 – 11/15	245	17,130⁴	16,965	266	17,231
4A	3/1 – 11/15	245	4,970⁴	4,949	75	5,024
4B	3/1 – 11/15	245	4,180⁴	3,817	45	3,863
4C	3/1 – 11/15	245	2,030⁴	886		886
4D	3/1 – 11/15	245	2,030⁴	1,908⁶	48	1,956
4E	3/1 – 11/15	245	390	415⁶		415
Alaska Total			61,860	59,551	982	60,533
Total			74,427.5	72,084	1,057	73,141

^{¹ Fishing period
limits by vessel class.

²An additional 123,531 pounds available as carryover from
2002.

³Includes the pounds that were landed by Native communal
commercial licenses (F licenses).

⁴Additional net carryover pounds (thousands) from the
underage/overage program were: 2C = 120; 3A = 150; 3B = 188; 4A = 53; 4B
= 64; 4C = 85; 4D = 13.

⁵ Includes 84,000 pounds taken by Metlakatla Indians during
additional fishing within reservation waters.

⁶ Areas 4D and 4E CDQ can be fished in either area regardless
of quota share designation NMFS enforcement waiver.

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