The six-member commission broke from the recommendations of its scientific staff in setting an overall limit of 50.67 million pounds, 1.97 million pounds higher than the staff advised.
For Southeast Alaska (Area 2C), commissioners set a catch limit of 4.4 million pounds, a 12.4 percent cut.
That's actually good news for Southeast fishermen, who were facing a 26.1 percent cut under the staff recommendation. The catch limit in Southeast has declined steeply in recent years.
The season will open at noon March 6 and close at noon Nov. 15. The start date is 15 days earlier than last year.
Here are the catch limits by area, expressed in millions of pounds:
| Regulatory area | IPHC approved 2009 limits | IPHC approved 2010 limits | % change |
| 2A | 0.95 | 0.81 | -14.7 |
| 2B | 7.63 | 7.5 | -1.7 |
| 2C | 5.02 | 4.4 | -12.4 |
| 3A | 21.7 | 19.99 | -7.9 |
| 3B | 10.9 | 9.9 | -9.2 |
| 4A | 2.55 | 2.33 | -8.6 |
| 4B | 1.87 | 2.16 | +15.5 |
| 4CDE | 3.46 | 3.58 | +3.5 |
| TOTAL | 54.08 | 50.67 | -6.3 |
For a map of IPHC regulatory areas, click here.
4 comments:
Your blog is great, thanks for all the updates. -Brian
by-catch #'s at http://seacops.com/ link down and to the RIGHT.
Trawlers should be paying IFQ/Charter operators for the halibut they are dumping overboard and forced to clean up their criminal behavior. Trawlers MUST have 100% observer coverage...enough with the excuses JULIE B We are tired of the B.S.
I Second the above Statement and DEMAND JUSTICE TO BE SERVED. ALL LIABLE PARTIES MUST BE HELD FULLY ACCOUNTABE TO THE LAW!! j.b. SMELLS AWFULL Fishy,.. and NOT in a GOOD WAY!!
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