IPHC Staff Catch Recomendations for 2010

The IPHC announced staff catch limit recommendations for 2010.  They are:

2A – 760,000  (-20{011364765f66369e3b18bfb4bff139a9c8654494d05ca41b290c33562211a86b})
2B – 6,590,000  (-14{011364765f66369e3b18bfb4bff139a9c8654494d05ca41b290c33562211a86b})
2C- 3,710,000  (-26{011364765f66369e3b18bfb4bff139a9c8654494d05ca41b290c33562211a86b})
3A – 19,990,000   (-8{011364765f66369e3b18bfb4bff139a9c8654494d05ca41b290c33562211a86b})
3B – 9,900,000   (-9{011364765f66369e3b18bfb4bff139a9c8654494d05ca41b290c33562211a86b})
4A – 2,330.000   (-9{011364765f66369e3b18bfb4bff139a9c8654494d05ca41b290c33562211a86b})
4B – 2,160,000   (+16{011364765f66369e3b18bfb4bff139a9c8654494d05ca41b290c33562211a86b})
4CDE – 3,250,000   (-6{011364765f66369e3b18bfb4bff139a9c8654494d05ca41b290c33562211a86b})

For comparison the 2009 harvest limits were:
2A – 950,000
2B – 7,630,000
2C – 5,020,000
3A – 21,700,000
3B – 10,900,000
4A – 2,550,000
4B – 1,870,000
4CDE – 3,460,000

The total Coastwide  2010 catch limit is for 48,700,000 lbs  It was 54,080,000 in 2009 a -10{011364765f66369e3b18bfb4bff139a9c8654494d05ca41b290c33562211a86b} drop.
IPHC Presentations are now available on the web at: http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/meetings/im2009/im2009.htm

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