Commercial catch and catch limits of Pacific halibut in 2004

Commercial fishing periods, number of fishing days, catch limit, commercial, research and total catch (thousands of pounds, net weight) by regulatory area for the 2004 Pacific halibut commercial fishery

Area	Fishing Period	No. Of Days	Catch Limit	Commercial Catch	Research Catch	Total
2A treaty Indian Treaty Indian total	2/29-7/30 Restricted: 3/21- 4/30 Restricted: 8/11-12; 8/17-20; 8/30-9/1; 9/6-8	153 41 8	523.6	335 170 16 521		521
2A Commercial Incidental in Salmon fishery Incidental in Sablefish fishery Directed Commercial total	May 1 – July 28/29 May 1- Oct 31 June 23¹ July 14¹ July 28¹ August 11¹	90 184 10-hrs " " "	44.6 70.0 252.5	48 75 96 88 27 15 226	14	48 75 240
2A Total			890.4	870	14	884
2B	2/29 – 11/15	260	12,550²	12,087³	75	12,162
2C	2/29 – 11/15	260	10,500⁴	10,114⁵	117	10,231
3A	2/29 – 11/15	260	25,060⁴	24,717	451	25,168
3B	2/29 – 11/15	260	15,600⁴	15,180	280	15,460
4A	2/29 – 11/15	260	3,470⁴	3,473	89	3,562
4B	2/29 – 11/15	260	2,810⁴	2,683	36	2,719
4C	2/29 – 11/15	260	1,720⁴	954		954
4D	2/29 – 11/15	260	1,720⁴	1,621⁶	34	1,655
4E	2/29 – 11/15	260	345	314⁶		314
Alaska Total			61,225	59,551	1,007	60,063
Total			75,665.4	72,013	1,096	73,109

¹ Fishing period limits by vessel class.
²Includes two allocations to commercial fleet of 12,141,000 and 409,000; an additional 140,000 pounds available as carryover from 2003.
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 = 159; 3A = 136; 3B = 84; 4A = 63; 4B = 91; 4C = 91; and for 4D, a negative balance of 10,380.
⁵ Includes 89,931 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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