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December
13, 2005
2005
Halibut Landing Report No. 13
British
Columbian and Alaskan Commercial Fisheries closed for 2005
It
is estimated that the following catches and numbers of landings
were made in the Alaskan IFQ/CDQ fisheries and in the British
Columbian IVQ fishery during the 2005 commercial halibut season.
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Area
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Catch
Limit
(000’s pounds)
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Catch
(000’s pounds)
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Number
of
Landings
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2C
3A
3B
4
A
4B
4C
4D/4E
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10,930
25,470
13,150
3,440
2,260
1,815
2,174
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10,460
25,053
13,004
3,324
1,932
542
2,922
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2,956
2,650
845
313
132
384
1,242
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Alaska
total
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59,239
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57,237
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8,522
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2B
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11,658
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12,249
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1,123
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Grand
Total
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70,897
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69,486
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9,645
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The
Alaskan catch represents 97% of the 2005 catch limit. For
comparison, during the 2004 season, 59.0 million pounds, or 96%
of the 2004 catch limit, were landed in the Alaskan fishery. The
British Columbian catch represents 105% of the 2005 catch limit.
The apparent excess is due to carryover poundage from the
2004 fishery, which is not included in the 2005 catch limit.
During the 2004 Area 2B fishery, 12.1 million pounds, or 96% of
the catch limit, were landed from Area 2B.
The 2005 quota share halibut fisheries opened on February
27 and closed on November 15.
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Bruce M. Leaman
Executive Director
Phone: (206) 634-1838
Fax:
(206) 632-2983
Web:
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