Area 2A Sport Halibut Seasons

	Area	Area Catch Projection (lbs)	Catch to date¹	Remaining	Season Status
					Dates^2,7	Days/Week
Puget Sound	East of Low Point West of Low Point and east of Sekiu River	59,354	-	59,354	4/10-6/13 5/22-7/21	5 days (Thurs-Mon) -
North Coast³	Sekiu River mouth to Queets River (Closed area SW of Cape Flattery)	109,991	-	109,991	5/13-TBA	3 days (Tues, Thurs, Sat.)
South Coast⁴ All-depth Nearshore1⁵ Nearshore2⁵	Queets River to Leadbetter Point	40,230 - 4,470	19,780 - -	20,450 - 4,470	5/11, 5/13 5/1-9/30 After primary season to 9/30	2 days (Sun., Thurs.) 4 days (F, S, Su, Tu) 2 days (Fri.-Sat.)
Columbia River⁴ Summer fishery	Leadbetter Pt. to Cape Falcon	13,133 5,629	-	13,133 5,629	5/1-7/20 8/1-9/30	7 days/wk 3 days (Fri.-Sun.)
Central OR (Spring)⁴All-depth (Spring) All-depth (Summer/Fall) Nearshore⁶	Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt	159,577 53,192 18,502	- - -	159,577 53,192 18,502	5/8-5/10, 5/15-5/17, 5/22-5/24, 5/29-5/31, 6/12-6/14 8/1-TBA Closes 9/20	3 days (Thurs.-Sat.) 3 days (Fri.-Sun.) 7 days/week
Southern Oregon/California	South of Humbug Mt., OR/CA	7,541	-	7,541	5/1-10/31	7 days/week
¹ Catch in pounds, net weight.
² Season open until ending date shown or until quota is attained, whichever occurs first
³ Area closures due to yelloweye rockfish conservation area and nearshore fishing coordinates can be found at http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/fish/creel/halibut/northcoast.htm
⁴ Restrictions on groundfish retention apply
⁵ Restrictions to nearshore waters in the area from 47� 25.00΄N south to 46� 58.00΄N latitude and east of 124� 30.00΄W
⁶ Restricted to waters inside the 40-fathom boundary line
⁷ Re-openings will be announced on the NMFS hotline (1-800-662-9825) if unharvested quota remains