Commercial fishing periods, number of fishing days, catch limit, commercial, research and total catch (thousands of pounds, net weight) by regulatory area for the 2007 Pacific halibut commercial fishery 

 

Area

Fishing Period

Catch
Limit

No. Of Days

Commercial
Catch

Research
Catch

Total

2A treaty Indian 






Treaty 
Indian total

3/10-7/30

Restricted: 
3/19- 5/3

 

 

 



461.0

143

46


357

114

 


471

 

 

 

 



471

2A Commercial

Incidental in Salmon fishery

Incidental in Sablefish fishery

Directed

 

 

 

Commercial total

 

May 1 – Nov 15

 
May 1- Oct 31



June 272

July 112

July 252

August 82

 

40.21


70.0

 

228.01

 

 




199


184



10-hrs

"

"

"

 

35


49



98

59

21

41

219

 














15

 

35


49

 

 

 

 

 

234

2A Total

 

799.2

 

774

15

789

Area Fishing Period Catch Limit Adjusted Catch Limit3 Commercial Catch Research Catch Total Catch

2B

3/10 – 11/15

10,089.4

10,052.0

9,6944

78

9,772

2C

3/10 – 11/15

8,510.0 8,790.0

8,3465

127

8,473

3A

3/10 – 11/15

26,200.0 26,395.0

26,133

360

26,493

3B

3/10 – 11/15

9,220.0 9,342.0

9,047

202

9,249

4A

3/10 – 11/15

2890.0 2,951.0

2,786

42

2,828

4B

3/10 – 11/15

1,440.0 1,478.0

1,369

47

1,416

4C

3/10 – 11/15

1,866.5 1,904.0

5476

4

551

4D

3/10 – 11/15

1,866.5 1,903.0

2,7046,7

16

2,720

4E

3/10 – 11/15

367.0 367.0

5797

0

579

Alaska Total

  52,360.0 53,130.0

51,511

798

52,309

Total

  63,248.6 63,981.2

61,979

891

62,870

1 3,400 pounds remained from the directed fishery and were mad available to the incidental halibut catch in the salmon troll fishery for a total catch limit of 43,667 pounds.
2 Fishing period limits by vessel class
3 Includes adjustments from the underage and overage programs
4
Includes the pounds that were landed by Native communal commercial licenses (F licenses).
5
Includes pounds taken by Metlakatla Indians during additional fishing within reservation waters.
6
Area 4C IFQ and CDQ and could be fished in Area 4D by NMFS and IPHC regulations.
7
Area 4D CDQ could be fished in Area 4E by NMFS and IPHC regulations.

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