The Oregon Seal Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
11/5/2012

2012 Estimates for the Oregon Pacific Halibut Sport Fishery

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  • Quotas and landings of Pacific halibut are shown in net pounds (headed and gutted).

Columbia River
Summer Spring
Wk
 Dates Oregon Washington Total
32
 Aug. 3-5 86 728 814
33
 Aug. 10-12 0 0 0
34
 Aug. 17-19 0 89 89
35
 Aug. 24-26 0 0 0
36
 Aug. 31-Sept. 2 95 99 194
37
 Sept. 7-9 0 0 0
38
 Sept. 14-16 213 11 224
39
 Sept. 21-23 30   30
40
 Sept. 28-30 0    
Total summer
424 927 1,351
Quota revised (includes unused spring lbs)
5,396
Remaining
 4,045
% remaining
 75%

Columbia River overall quota = spring + summer = 11,895 lbs

Wk
 Dates Oregon Washington Total
19
 May 3-5 146 756 902
20
 May 10-12 387 592 979
21
 May 17-19 542 924 1,466
22
 May 24-26 0 618 618
23
 May 31-June 2 131 436 567
24
 June 7-9 0 0 0
25
 June 14-16 256 852 1,108
26
 June 21-23 0 273 273
27
 June 28-30 112 186 298
28
 July 5-7 55 0 55
29
 July 12-14 0 233 0
Total spring 1,629 4,870 6,499
Quota 9,516
Unused lbs transferred to summer quota 3,017
Balance 0

Central Coast
Spring All-Depth
Wk
 Dates Garibaldi Pacific City Depoe Bay Newport Florence
Winchester Bay
Charleston Bandon Port Orford Total
20
 May 10-12 2,820 147 697 7,349     1,230 245 320 12,807
21
 May 17-19 6,313 165 1,716 13,675   106 592 1,567 109 24,242
22
 May 24-26 972 0 645 4,204   0 468 0 707 6,997
23
 May 31-Jun 2 4,191 0 1,466 9,641   127 2,031 726 993 19,175
25
 Jun 14-16 9,735 328 1,829 20,295   101 0 492 36 32,816
27
 Jun 29-30 3,355 148 457 9,073 1,425 246 207 277 43 15,232
Total spring all-depth
            111,269
Quota
 120,821
Unused lbs split and transferred to nearshore @ 5,000 lbs and summer all-depth @ 4,552
9,552
Balance
 0
Summer All-Depth
Wk
 Dates Garibaldi Pacific City Depoe Bay Newport Florence Winchester Bay Charleston Bandon Port Orford Total
32
 Aug 3-4 1,607 521 979 9,580 0 0 0 321 0 13,008
34
 Aug 17-18 4,448 394 295 22,424 0 304 1,353 627 0 29,845
Total summer all-depth
            42,853
Quota revised with +4,552 from unused spring all-depth and -4,858 to July nearshore overage
 47,639
Unused lbs transferred to nearshore quota in late September
4,786
Balance
 0

Central coast all-depth quota = spring + summer = 168,766 lbs - 5,000 transferred to nearshore - 4,858 to cover nearshore overage = 158,908 lbs revised

Nearshore (40-Fathom)
Wk
 Dates Garibaldi Pacific City Depoe Bay Newport
Charleston
Bandon
 Port Orford Total
19
 May 1-6 114 505 928 2,956
  4,503
20
 May 7-13   45 121 369
  534
21
 May 14-20 99 111 17 1,071
155
94
   1,547
22
 May 21-27   19 84 405   24   531
23
 May 28-June 3 146 72 78 2,287     12 2,595
24
 June 4-10 315 83 271 1,006   578   2,251
25
 June 11-17 165 0 168 1,054 70 208 0 1,666
26
 June 18-24 254 534 929 1,583 0 47 0 3,347
27
 June 25-July 1 300 276 81 437 277 269 0 1,639
28
 July 2-8 755 148 561 1,543 47 132 0 3,186
29
 July 9-15 446 140 197 6,004 0 226 0 7,012
30
 July 16-22 65 360 219 3,206 0 67 142 4,059
  Closed July 23 - September 23 due to initial quota attainment
40
 Sept 24-30 33 0 253 199 0 91 0 576
41
 Oct 1-7 48 0 521 2,141 61 0 0 2,770
42
 Oct 8-14 0 0 0 668 483 0 0 1,150
43
 Oct 15-21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44
 Oct 22-28 0 0 0 45 0 0 0 45
45
 Oct 29-31                
Total nearshore             37,413
Quota revised July 5 with +5,000 from spring all-depth 28,014
Remaining after July 22 -4,858
Balance (overage above covered with +4,858 lbs from the summer all-depth fishery) 0
Revised quota for >=Sept. 24 (includes unused summer all-depth @ 4,786 and Columbia River @ 1,968) 6,754
Remaining 2,213

Central coast overall quota = nearshore + spring all-depth + summer all-depth = 191,780 lbs