2014 Halibut Catches   

Catch Limit
(pounds)

Area 2A (California, Oregon, and Washington) 960,000
  Non-treaty directed commercial (south of Pt. Chehalis) 168,137
  Non-treaty incidental catch in salmon troll fishery 29,671
  Non-treaty incidental catch in sablefish fishery (north of Pt. Chehalis) 14,274
  Treaty Indian commercial 307,500
  Treaty Indian ceremonial and subsistence (year-round) 28,500
  Sport – North of Columbia River 214,110
  Sport – South of Columbia River 197,808
Area 2B (British Columbia) (includes sport catch allocation) 6,850,000
Area 2C (southeastern Alaska) (combined commercial/guided sport)1 4,160,000
  Commercial fishery 3,318,720
  Guided sport fishery 761,280
Area 3A (central Gulf of Alaska) (combined commercial/guided sport)1 9,430,000
  Commercial fishery 7,317,730
  Guided sport fishery 1,782,270
Area 3B (western Gulf of Alaska) 2,840,000
Area 4A (eastern Aleutians) 850,000
Area 4B (central/western Aleutians) 1,140,000
Areas 4CDE 1,285,000
  Area 4C (Pribilof Islands) 596,600
  Area 4D (northwestern Bering Sea) 596,600
  Area 4E (Bering Sea flats) 91,800
Total 27,515,000

 HALIBUT FISHERY BEGINS MARCH 8 – ENDS NOVEMBER 7, 2014

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