Commercial catch and catch limits of Pacific halibut in 2006

Commercial fishing periods, number of fishing days, catch limit, commercial, research and total catch (thousands of pounds, net weight) by regulatory area for the 2006 Pacific halibut commercial fishery

Area	Fishing Period	No. Of Days	Catch Limit	Commercial Catch	Research Catch	Total
2A treaty Indian Treaty Indian total	3/5-7/18 Restricted: 3/22- 7/18	136 119	472.0	364 112 476		476
2A Commercial Incidental in Salmon fishery Incidental in Sablefish fishery Directed Commercial total	May 1 – Nov 15 May 1- Oct 31 June 28¹ July 12¹ July 26¹	199 184 10-hrs " "	41.5 70.0 235	40 73 78 109 44 231	9	40 73 240
2A Total			818.5	820	9	829
2B	3/5 – 11/15	256	11,631²	11,950³	55	12,005
2C	3/5 – 11/15	256	10,640⁴	10,397⁵	95	10,492
3A	3/5 – 11/15	256	25,200⁴	25,238	476	25,714
3B	3/5 – 11/15	256	10,860⁴	10,565	227	10,792
4A	3/5 – 11/15	256	3,350⁴	3,278	54	3,332
4B	3/5 – 11/15	256	1,670⁴	1,542	48	1,590
4C	3/5 – 11/15	256	1,610⁴	486⁶	7	493
4D	3/5 – 11/15	256	1,610⁴	2,349^6,7	19	2,368
4E	3/5 – 11/15	256	330	364⁷	2⁸	366
Alaska Total			55,260	54,219	928	55,147
Total			71,685.6	70,337	992	67,981

¹ Fishing period limits by vessel class.
²Additional 79,920 pounds available as carryover from 2005
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 = 267; 3A = 250; 3B = 192; 4A = 55; 4B = 31; 4C = 51; and for 4D, a negative balance of 25.
⁵ Includes 34,871 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
⁸ Area 4E includes research catch in the Closed Area

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