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February 4, 2016 Mike Chamberlain

Halibut Quotas Set For Pacific Coast

 

Friday, 29 January 2016 14:43

The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) completed its Ninety-second Annual Meeting in Juneau, AK on January 29, 2016.  More than 280 halibut industry stakeholders attended the meeting, with over 80 more participating in web broadcasts of the public sessions.

The Commission is recommending to the governments of Canada and the United States catch limits for 2016 totaling 29.89 million pounds, displayed in the following table by regulatory area.

 

2016 Catch Limits

 

Regulatory Area

Catch Limit

(pounds)

Area 2A (California, Oregon, and Washington)

   Non-treaty directed commercial (south of Pt. Chehalis)

   Non-treaty incidental catch in salmon troll fishery

   Non-treaty incidental catch in sablefish fishery (north of Pt. Chehalis)

   Treaty Indian commercial               

   Treaty Indian ceremonial and subsistence (year-round)

   Sport – Washington

   Sport – Oregon

   Sport – California

Area 2B (British Columbia) (includes sport catch allocation)

Area 2C (southeastern Alaska) (combined commercial/guided sport)1

   Commercial fishery (3,924,000 catch and 120,000 incidental mortality)

   Guided sport fishery

Area 3A (central Gulf of Alaska) (combined commercial/guided sport)1

   Commercial  fishery (7,336,000 catch and 450,000 incidental mortality)

   Guided sport fishery

Area 3B (western Gulf of Alaska)

Area 4A (eastern Aleutians)

Area 4B (central/western Aleutians)

Areas 4CDE

   Area 4C (Pribilof Islands)

   Area 4D (northwestern Bering Sea)

   Area 4E (Bering Sea flats)

1,140,000

193,364

34,123

49,686

365,100

33,900

214,110

220,077

29,640

7,300,000

4,950,000

4,044,000

906,000

9,600,000

7,786,000

1,814,000

2,710,000

1,390,000

1,140,000

1,660,000

733,600

733,600

192,800
Total 29,890,000

1The combined total includes estimated mortality from regulatory discards of sublegal halibut and lost gear in the commercial fishery, plus discard mortality in the guided sport fishery, as mandated in the U.S. Catch Sharing Plans.
Filed in: Halibut, Halibut Quotas, Halibut Seasons
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