I agree this years Area 5 halibut dates were a joke and hurt local economies. It is like WDFW's goal was to screw things up. That said, WDFW can open Area 5 for halibut 7 days/week and the sport fishermen may never reach the quota as long as the tribal long line boats continue to fish the area immediately before the season opener and throughout the season at night. What the tribal fishermen are doing to the halibut fishery is shameful. The lack of government oversight and non-reporting of fish caught will be the death of local economies like Sekiu and the sport fishery.  This years opener was very busy with very few halibut caught due to the long line boats cleaning out the area.  For the rest of the season, Sekiu was a ghost town due to terrible fishing days (thanks WDFW) an word getting out about the long line boats.  I will continue to stay in Sekiu and support great businesses like Curleys Resort, but I am going to spend most of my time fishing Canadian waters.