. The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf : oceanography and resources / edited by Donald W. Hood and John A. Calder . Figure 31-5. Landings of halibut reported by Canadian, Japanese, and fishermen from the Bering Sea east of 175°W. was opened one month earlier than in the Gulf of Alaska beginning in 1958. The catch began to in- crease, reaching nearly 4,400 mt in 1962 (Myhre et al. 1977), about equally divided between and Canadian vessels. INPFC determined that halibut in the Bering Sea no longer qualified for abstention and Japan was allowed to enter the fishery in 1963 (For- rester et al. 19
. The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf : oceanography and resources / edited by Donald W. Hood and John A. Calder . Figure 31-5. Landings of halibut reported by Canadian, Japanese, and fishermen from the Bering Sea east of 175°W. was opened one month earlier than in the Gulf of Alaska beginning in 1958. The catch began to in- crease, reaching nearly 4,400 mt in 1962 (Myhre et al. 1977), about equally divided between and Canadian vessels. INPFC determined that halibut in the Bering Sea no longer qualified for abstention and Japan was allowed to enter the fishery in 1963 (For- rester et al. 1978). Before this time, removals were limited only by the length of the fishing season, but in 1963 a three-nation catch limit of 5,000 mt was established by INPFC for that portion of the Bering Sea along the edge of the shelf between Unimak Island and the Pribilof Islands (roughly between 165 and 170°W), despite the fact that IPHC had calculated the maximum sustained yield from this 5° of longitude to be 2,268 mt for the period of 1958-63 (Dunlop et al. 1964). The 1963 catch from the quota area reached 4,974 mt and the total catch for the area east of 175°W was 7,254 mt. In 1964, a catch limit of 2,900 mt was set for the area between Unimak Island and the Pribilof Islands, but only 972 mt could be taken from the depleted stocks. Japem discontinued longlining for halibut after the 1964 season. Catches declined after that time, and since 1970 have averaged about 250 mt, largely caught by vessels. Regulations After the poor catches of the 1964 fishing season the open period was limited to only seven days in 1965 on the advice of IPHC. Since then the open period for the area east of 175°W has been gradually increased to its present 20 days in April and Septem- ber, respectively. West of this line continuous fishing is permitted from April 10 to November 15. Poor catches in the eastern sector stimulated interest in fishing farther west, particularly along the Aleutian Isla
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