﻿REVIEW 
  OF 
  CERTAIN 
  MAJOR 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  401 
  

  

  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  HALIBUT 
  FISHERY, 
  1970 
  

  

  Halibut 
  landings 
  by 
  the 
  combined 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  Canadian 
  fleets 
  were 
  54.9 
  million 
  

   pounds 
  (dressed 
  weight) 
  --a 
  decline 
  of 
  3.6 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  U.S. 
  fishermen 
  landed 
  

   25.8 
  million 
  pounds 
  (47 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total) 
  and 
  received 
  $9.2 
  million 
  — 
  817,000 
  pounds 
  and 
  

   $254,000 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  In 
  1970 
  , 
  the 
  U.S 
  . 
  fleet 
  operating 
  out 
  of 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  ports 
  numbered 
  

   209 
  vessels; 
  in 
  1969, 
  the 
  fleet 
  had 
  183 
  vessels. 
  Canadian 
  fishermen 
  landed 
  29 
  . 
  1 
  million 
  pounds 
  — 
  

   4.4 
  million 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  

  

  The 
  halibut 
  quotas 
  set 
  by 
  the 
  International 
  Pacific 
  Halibut 
  Commission 
  declined 
  in 
  three 
  

   major 
  areas. 
  Compared 
  with 
  1969, 
  the 
  quota 
  for 
  Areas 
  2 
  and 
  3A 
  was 
  1 
  million 
  pounds 
  less, 
  and 
  for 
  

   Area 
  3B, 
  it 
  was 
  500,000 
  pounds 
  less. 
  The 
  smaller 
  quotas 
  set 
  in 
  1970 
  were: 
  Area 
  2, 
  20 
  million 
  

   pounds; 
  Area 
  3A, 
  30 
  million; 
  and 
  Area 
  3B, 
  3 
  million 
  pounds. 
  In 
  Areas 
  2 
  and 
  3A 
  the 
  season 
  opened 
  

   on 
  April 
  25, 
  12 
  days 
  earlier 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  The 
  quota 
  was 
  reached 
  in 
  both 
  areas 
  by 
  September 
  21, 
  

   3- 
  weeks 
  before 
  the 
  mandatory 
  closing 
  date 
  of 
  October 
  15. 
  Area 
  3B 
  opened 
  April 
  1 
  and 
  closed 
  April 
  

   6, 
  but 
  reopened 
  April 
  25 
  and 
  closed 
  September 
  30. 
  Areas 
  3C, 
  4C, 
  and 
  4D 
  opened 
  March 
  17. 
  Area 
  

   4C 
  closed 
  April 
  11 
  , 
  but 
  Areas 
  3C 
  and 
  4D 
  remained 
  open 
  until 
  November 
  15 
  . 
  Areas 
  4A 
  and 
  4B 
  opened 
  

   March 
  22 
  and 
  closed 
  April 
  4. 
  Area 
  4B, 
  however, 
  reopened 
  from 
  September 
  1 
  through 
  September 
  14. 
  

  

  Data 
  on 
  the 
  landings 
  of 
  halibut 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  tables 
  represent 
  the 
  dressed 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  

   fish, 
  i.e. 
  , 
  the 
  weight 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  quota 
  is 
  determined. 
  The 
  dressed 
  weight 
  of 
  halibut 
  can 
  be 
  

   converted 
  to 
  round 
  weight 
  by 
  multiplying 
  by 
  1.33. 
  Halibut 
  landed 
  in 
  Canada 
  by 
  vessels 
  of 
  United 
  

   States 
  registry 
  are 
  credited 
  to 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  SUMMARY 
  OF 
  U.S. 
  HALIBUT 
  FLEET 
  OPERATING 
  UNITS, 
  1970 
  

  

  J/ 
  DOES 
  NOT 
  INCLUDE 
  TROLLERS 
  OR 
  OTHER 
  BOATS 
  CATCHING 
  HALIBUT 
  INCIDENTAL 
  TO 
  OTHER 
  FISHING 
  OPERATIONS. 
  

  

  NOTE;— 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  VESSELS 
  LANDING 
  HALIBUT 
  AT 
  PRINCE 
  RUPERT, 
  BRITISH 
  COLUMBIA, 
  HAVE 
  BEEN 
  INCLUDED 
  WITH 
  THOSE 
  

  

  LANDING 
  IN 
  ALASKA. 
  

  

  LANDINGS 
  BY 
  U.S. 
  HALIBUT 
  FLEET, 
  1970 
  

  

  NOTE:— 
  IN 
  ADDITION 
  THERE 
  WERE 
  APPROXIMATELY 
  40,000 
  POUNDS 
  OF 
  "NORTHERN" 
  HALIBUT 
  LANDED 
  IN 
  CALIFORNIA. 
  MOST 
  OF 
  

   THIS 
  CATCH 
  WAS 
  INCLUDED 
  UNDER 
  "CALIFORNIA 
  HALIBUT" 
  AND 
  "UNCLASSIFIED 
  FLOUNDERS". 
  THE 
  QUANTITIES 
  SHOWN 
  ABOVE 
  

   REPRESENT 
  DRESSED 
  WEIGHT 
  OF 
  FISH. 
  TO 
  CONVERT 
  TO 
  ROUND 
  WEIGHT, 
  MULTIPLY 
  THE 
  WEIGHT 
  OF 
  HALIBUT 
  BY 
  1.33 
  AND 
  OTHER 
  

   SPECIES 
  BY 
  1 
  .43. 
  

  

  