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

2/7-7/30

Restricted: 
3/21- 4/30; 5/4-5/24; 5/31-6/6

154

65

 

 

 



452.5

 


 


445

  

 

 

 



445

2A Commercial

Incidental in Salmon fishery

Incidental in Sablefish fishery

Directed

 

 

 

Commercial total

 

May 1 – Aug 7

 
May 1- Oct 23



June 291

July 131

July 281

August 101



99


176



10-hrs

"

"

"

 

39.9


70.0

 

 

 

 



226.2

 

42


68



82

65

36

49

232

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


16

 

42


68

 

 

 

 



248

2A Total

    

788.6

787

16

803

2B

2/27 – 11/15

261

12,6582

12,2483

83

12,331

2C

2/27 – 11/15

261

10,9304

10,4895

136

10,625

3A

2/27 – 11/15

261

25,4704

25,228

805

26,033

3B

2/27 – 11/15

261

13,1504

12,874

297

13,171

4A

2/27 – 11/15

261

3,4404

3,329

75

3,404

4B

2/27 – 11/15

261

2,2604

1,923

52

1,975

4C

2/27 – 11/15

261

1,8154

5346

 

534

4D

2/27 – 11/15

261

1,8154

2,5566,7

22

2,578

4E

2/27 – 11/15

261

359

3697

  

369

Alaska Total

    

59,239

57,302

1,387

58,689

Total

    

71,685.6

70,337

1,486

71,823
1 Fishing period limits by vessel class.
2 Additional 882,000 pounds available as carryover from 2004
3 Includes the pounds that were landed by Native communal commercial licenses (F licenses).
4 Additional net carryover pounds (thousands) from the underage/overage program were: 2C = 267; 3A = 250; 3B = 192; 4A = 55; 4B = 31; 4C = 51; and for 4D, a negative balance of 25.
5 Includes 44,982 pounds taken by Metlakatla Indians during additional fishing within reservation waters.
6 Area 4C CDQ and IFQ can be fished in Area 4D as of July 22, 2005
7 Area 4D CDQ can be fished in Area 4E since 2002

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