April 17, 19981998
Halibut Landing Report No. 1
Quota Share Commercial Fishery Update
It is estimated that the following catches and number of landings were made in the
British Columbia IVQ, and in the Alaskan IFQ fishery through April 15, 1998. No Community
Development Quota (CDQ) landings have been made.
Area |
Catch Limit
(000's pounds) |
Catch
(000's pounds) |
Number of Landings |
2C |
10,500 |
1,830 |
418 |
3A |
26,000 |
2,704 |
275 |
3B |
11,000 |
124 |
15 |
4A |
3,500 |
0 |
0 |
4B |
3,500 |
0 |
0 |
4C |
1,590 |
0 |
0 |
4D |
1,590 |
0 |
0 |
4E |
320 |
0 |
0 |
Alaska total |
58,000 |
4,658 |
708 |
2B |
13,000 |
2,294 |
152 |
Grand total |
71,000 |
6,952 |
860 |
For comparison, from March 15 to April 18, 1997, 5.37 million pounds
were landed in the Alaskan IFQ fishery which represented 10% of the total 1997 Alaskan
catch limit. For the same period last year March 15 to April 15, 1.4 million pounds were
landed in the Area 2B (British Columbia) IVQ fishery which represented 12% of the 1997
catch limit.
Northwest Treaty Tribes Fishery in Area 2A
Northwest treaty Indian tribes were allocated a total allowable catch of 287,000 pounds
in subarea 2A-1 (northern Washington coast) in 1998. Of this total, 15,000 pounds are
reserved for ceremonial and subsistence purposes, leaving 272,000 pounds for the treaty
Indian commercial fishery. The commercial catch of 291,249 pounds exceeded the catch limit
by 19,249 pounds and was taken during an opening from March 15 to March 20. Therefore, the
treaty Indian commercial fishery is closed for the remainder of 1998.
Annette Island Reserve Fishery in Area 2C
The Metlakatla Indian community has been authorized by the United States Government to
conduct a commercial halibut fishery within the Annette Island Reserve. The first 48-hour
fishing period is scheduled to occur between April 17 to April 19.
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Bruce M. Leaman, Director
Phone: (206) 634-1838
Fax: (206) 632-2983
