2024 Pacific Halibut Fishery Limits (FCEY) Report

Year-to-Date Directed Commercial Pacific Halibut Landings (AK, BC, WA, OR, CA) visualization

Mortality reported against fishery limits (FCEY) outlined in the IPHC Fishery Regulations (2024). Fishery limits (FCEY) result from the IPHC-adopted distributed mortality (TCEY) limits and the existing Contracting Party catch sharing arrangements.

*Last updated: 23 January 2025
IPHC Regulatory AreaFishery limit
(net weight)
Mortality to date
(net weight)
Pct (%)
attained
Tonnes (t)Pounds (lb)Tonnes (t)Pounds (lb)
Area 2A (California, Oregon, and Washington)6671,470,0005971,317,10889.6
Non-treaty directed commercial (south of Pt. Chehalis)113249,338108237,16495.1
Non-treaty incidental catch in salmon troll fishery2044,0011430,36369.0
Non-treaty incidental catch in sablefish fishery (north of Pt. Chehalis)2350,0001634,62469.2
Treaty Indian commercial224494,280220485,55498.2
Treaty Indian ceremonial and subsistence (year-round)920,220714,80073.2
Recreational – Washington132290,158133292,482100.8
Recreational – Oregon129283,78491201,69571.1
Recreational – California1738,220920,42753.4
Area 2B (British Columbia) (combined commercial and recreational)2,5225,560,0002,3955,280,79395.0
Commercial fishery²2,1454,730,0002,0174,446,43594.0
Recreational fishery376830,000378834,358100.5
Area 2C (southeastern Alaska) (combined commercial and guided recreational)2,0054,420,0001,9214,235,63195.8
Commercial fishery¹’²’³1,6373,610,0001,5393,393,22994.0
Guided recreational fishery¹367810,000382842,402104.0
Area 3A (central Gulf of Alaska) (combined commercial and guided recreational)4,53610,000,0004,1199,081,37590.8
Commercial fishery¹’²3,6748,100,0003,3907,473,64092.3
Guided recreational fishery¹8571,890,0007291,607,73585.1
Area 3B (western Gulf of Alaska)1,3522,980,0001,1942,632,07788.3
Area 4A (eastern Aleutians)5811,280,000321706,62255.2
Area 4B (central and western Aleutians)4941,090,000130286,78426.3
Areas 4CDE and Closed Area9342,060,000368811,76939.4
Area 4C (Pribilof Islands)417920,000146321,62235.0
Area 4D (northwestern Bering Sea)417920,000220485,98952.8
Area 4E (Bering Sea flats)100220,00024,1581.9
Total13,09128,860,00011,04624,352,15984.4
Totals exclude sectors for which data are confidential or unavailable.
1Includes estimates of discard mortality
2Includes reported GAF or XRQ data
3Includes Metlakatla fishery
* = Data not yet available or confidential, in accordance with IPHC Data Confidentiality Policy and Data Sharing Procedures
Quota share commercial fisheries

The 2024 quota share Pacific halibut fisheries opened on 15 March 2024. The following commercial landings, by weight and number of landings, have been reported from the Alaskan Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) and Community Development Quota (CDQ) fisheries and from the British Columbia Individual Vessel Quota (IVQ) fishery to date.

IPHC Regulatory AreaFishery LimitLandings to DatePct (%)
landed
Number of
landings
Tonnes (t)Pounds (lb)Tonnes (t)Pounds (lb)
2C1,5883,500,0001,3913,067,06787.61,137
3A3,4297,560,0003,1166,869,10690.91,567
3B1,3522,980,0001,1942,632,07788.3328
4A5811,280,000321706,62255.2109
4B4941,090,000130286,78426.321
4CDE9342,060,000368811,76939.4289
Alaska total8,37818,470,0006,52014,373,42577.83,451
2B (Canada) total2,1454,730,0002,0084,427,15493.6591
Grand total10,52323,200,0008,52818,800,57981.04,042
Totals do not include discard mortality and exclude areas with confidential data.
* = Data not yet available or confidential, in accordance with IPHC Data Confidentiality Policy and Data Sharing Procedures
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