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Sport Pacific halibut estimates 2025 through October 31

All Pacific halibut recreational fisheries are closed for the year.

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

Updated November 7, 2025

  Columbia River – Closed for 2025

All-depth halibut   

Wk Dates Oregon WA Total lbs
18 May 1, 2, & 4 113 2,355 2,468
19 May 8, 9, & 11 376 2,068 2,444
20 May 15, 16, & 18 0 462 462
21 May 22, 23, & 25 870 2,501 3,371
22 May 29, 30, & Jun 1 0 0 0
23 Jun 5, 6, & 8 24 2,179 2,202
24 Jun 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 35 1,361 1,396
25 Jun 16, 17, 19, 20, 22 638 2,271 2,909
26 Jun 26, 27, 29 279 1,485 1,764
27 Jun 30 0 0 0
33 Aug 17 0 103 103
34 Aug 18-22,24 0 103 103
35 Aug 25-29, 31 0 0 0
36 Sept 1-5, 7 31 32 63
37 Sept 8-12, 14 0 0 0
38 Sept 15-19, 21 0 0 0
39 Sept. 22-26, 28 0 0 0
40 Sept. 29 & 30 0 0 0
Landed lbs 17,285
Quota lbs (includes 5,000 pound transfer from the Central Coast Subarea Spring All-Depth) 23,587
Remaining lbs 6,302
Remaining % 27%

Nearshore halibut  

Dates   Oregon WA Total lbs
Open Mondays-Wednesdays inside the 40-fathom line beginning May 5 0 0 0
Landed lbs 0
Quota lbs 500
Remaining lbs 500
Remaining % 100%

Columbia River total quota = nearshore (500 lb) + all-depth (18,587 lb) = 19,087 lb
  Central Oregon Coast Subarea – Closed for 2025

SPRING all-depth halibut

Wk Dates Garibaldi Pacific City Depoe Bay Newport Florence Winchester Bay Charleston Bandon Total lbs
18 May 1-4 0 174 858 6,283 0 193 895 780 9,182
19 May 5-11 50 68 1,899 12,152 0 1,482 1,107 536 17,295
20 May 12-18 0 0 110 5,062 0 245 396 0 5,813
21 May 19-25 871 60 3,090 9,900 0 629 925 910 16,385
22 May 26-Jun 1 0 0 26 2,558 0 17 0 0 2,601
23 Jun 2-8 268 0 1,281 1,898 0 0 140 0 3,588
24 Jun 9-15 76 356 1,034 1,842 0 0 0 24 3,331
25 Jun 16-22 303 186 330 10,642 0 2,340 607 512 14,921
26 Jun 23-29 178 123 913 16,434 144 393 860 514 19,560
27 Jun 30 - Jul 6 25 23 215 6,133 0 12 134 1,344 7,887
28 Jul 7-13 26 0 358 2,591 0 225 169 289 3,659
29 Jul 14-20 27 66 70 4,307 0 853 863 162 6,349
30 Jul 21-27 143 37 226 11,957 15 1,232 2,261 1,140 17,009
31 Jul 28-Aug 3 231 40 0 4,188 34 27 154 265 4,939
Landed lbs 132,517
Quota lbs (includes 5,000 pound transfer to the Columbia River Subarea) 202,768
Remaining lbs
 70,251
Remaining % 35%

Nearshore halibut

Wk Dates Garibaldi Pacific City Depoe Bay Newport Winchester Bay Charleston Bandon Total lbs
                   
Landed lbs 0
Quota lbs 10,000
Remaining lbs
 10,000
Remaining % 100%

SUMMER all-depth halibut (August-October)

Wk Dates Garibaldi Pacific City Depoe Bay Newport Florence Winchester Bay Charleston Bandon Total lbs
32 Aug 4-10 103 0 0 1,937 0 29 702 764 3,535
33 Aug 11-17 23 0 0 489 0 227 418 0 1,157
34 Aug 18-24 309 0 41 2,669 0 0 0 91 3,109
35 Aug 25-31 386 0 0 6,125 7,422 1,614 1,182 1,792 18,520
36 Sept 1-7 12 0 0 1,601 0 773 0 123 2,508
37 Sept 8-14 112 0 0 1,838 0 681 341 125 3,097
38 Sept 15-21 0 0 127 190 0 0 64 196 577
39 Sept 22-28 0 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 57
40 Sept 29-Oct 5 0 0 0 714 0 0 159 0 873
41 Oct 6-12 0 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 63
42 Oct 13-19 0 0 0 573 0 0 23 0 596
43 Oct 20-26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Oct 27-31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Landed lbs 34,092
Quota lbs 59,256
Remaining lbs
 25,164
Remaining % 42%

Central coast total quota = nearshore (10,000 lbs) + spring all-depth (207,768 lbs) + summer all-depth (59,256 lbs) = 277,024 lbs
  Southern Oregon Subarea – Closed for 2025

Wk Dates Pounds
18 May 1-4 0
19 May 5-11 0
20 May 12-18 0
21 May 19-25 346
22 May 26-Jun 1 38
23 Jun 2-8 217
24 Jun 9-15 173
25 Jun 16-22 26
26 Jun 23-29 168
27 Jun 30 - Jul 6 489
28 Jul 7-13 41
29 Jul 14-20 11
30 Jul 21-27 722
31 July 28-Aug 3 246
32 Aug 4-10 59
33 Aug 11-17 551
34 Aug 18-24 53
35 Aug 25-31 533
36 Sept 1-7 1,132
37 Sept 8-14 258
38 Sept 15-21 299
39 Sept 22-28 0
40 Sept 29-Oct 5 0
41 Oct 6-12 0
42 Oct 13-19 0
43 Oct 20-26 0
44 Oct 27-31 0
Landed lbs 5,360
Quota lbs 8,000
Remaining lbs 2,640
Remaining % 33%
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