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April 19, 2005
2005 HALIBUT LANDING REPORT NO. 1
Quota
Share Commercial Fisheries Update
The
quota share halibut fisheries opened on February 27, 2005.
It is estimated that
the following catches and numbers of landings were made in the
Alaskan IFQ fishery through April 18, 2005 and in the
British Columbian IVQ fishery through April 14, 2005.
No Alaskan Community Development Quota (CDQ) landings
have been made.
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Area
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Catch
Limit
(000’s pounds)
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Catch
(000’s pounds)
|
Number
of
Landings
|
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2C
3A
3B
4
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10,930
25,470
13,150
9,689
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2,094
5,456
1,093
99
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425
426
68
13
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Alaska
total
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59,239
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8,742
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932
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2B
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11,658
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2,356
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131
|
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Grand
Total
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70,897
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11,098
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1,063
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The Alaskan catch represents 15% of the
2005 catch limit. For comparison, from February 29 to April 16,
2004, 7.3 million pounds, or 12% of the 2004 catch limit, were
landed in the Alaskan fishery. In
British Columbia
, 3.0 million pounds, or 25% of the catch limit, were landed
from Area 2B between February 29 and April 16, 2004, compared to
20% landed in 2005.
Revised 2005 Catch Limit Table
The catch limit table issued in a news
release dated January 24, 2005 contained a computational error.
Please note the revised Area 4 total.
All numbers in the IPHC’s Pacific
Halibut Fishery Regulations 2005 booklet are correct.
2005 Catch
Limits
| Area |
Catch Limit
(pounds) |
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2A
Non-treaty directed commercial (south of Point Chehalis)
2A Non-treaty incidental catch in salmon troll
2A Non-treaty incidental catch in sablefish longline
fishery (north of Point Chehalis)
2A Treaty Indian commercial
2A Treaty Indian ceremonial and subsistence (year-round)
2A Sport – North of Columbia River
2A Sport – South of Columbia River
Area 2A total
2B
(includes sport catch allocation)
2C
3A
3B
4A
4B
4C
4D
4E
Area 4 total |
226,203
39,918
70,000
452,500
38,000
237,257
266,122
1,330,000
13,250,000
10,930,000
25,470,000
13,150,000
3,440,000
2,260,000
1,815,000
1,815,000
359,000
9,689,000 |
| Total |
73,819,000 |
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Bruce M. Leaman
Executive Director
Phone: (206) 634-1838
Fax: (206)
632-2983
Web: www.iphc.washington.edu |
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