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IPHC Structure
The Commission, including its Subsidiary Bodies, are supported by an Executive Director and Secretariat staff.
Contracting Parties
The IPHC currently consists of six members, three appointed by each Contracting Party (the Governor General of Canada and the President of the United States of America), who serve their terms at the pleasure of the Contracting Party. In recent years, one Commissioner from each Contracting Party has been an employee of the federal fisheries agency, one a fisher, and one either a buyer or a processor involved in the fishery.
Subsidiary bodies
Pursuant to Rule 14.1 of the IPHC Rules of Procedure (2021), the Commission has established the Boards and Committee listed below. The Rules of Procedure for the subsidiary bodies are contained within the IPHC Rules of Procedure.
Links to reports and documents from subsidiary body meetings can be found by visiting our Meetings Page or our Document Library.
Management Strategy Advisory Board (MSAB) |
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The MSAB is a panel formed of harvesters, fisheries managers, processors, Staff, Commissioners, science advisors, and academics created in 2013 to oversee and advise the Staff on the IPHC's Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE). MSE is an ongoing process to define fishery objectives, articulate and examine management procedures, and define performance measures in order to recommend fishery management measures for Commission consideration. The Rules of Procedure for this subsidiary body are contained within the IPHC Rules of Procedure. |
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MSAB Officers |
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![]() Co-Chairperson U.S.A. |
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MSAB Members |
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![]() Recreational Canada |
![]() NPFMC U.S.A. |
![]() Recreational U.S.A. |
![]() Processing U.S.A. |
![]() Commercial Canada |
![]() Commercial U.S.A. |
![]() PFMC U.S.A. |
![]() Commercial Canada |
![]() Science Advisor Canada |
![]() NOAA-Fisheries U.S.A. |
![]() Deep Sea Fisherman's Union of the Pacific U.S.A. |
![]() First Nations Canada |
![]() Recreational U.S.A. |
![]() Treaty Tribes U.S.A. |
![]() Commercial U.S.A. |
![]() Processing U.S.A. |
![]() Commercial Canada |
![]() ADF&G Sport U.S.A. |
Scientific Review Board (SRB) |
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The SRB, a small group of fisheries science experts, provides an independent scientific review of Commission science products and programs, and supports and strengthens the stock assessment process. The SRB was organized in its current configuration in 2013, continuing a tradition of incorporating outside input to IPHC science dating to the 1920s (see IPHC-1931-SR001). The Rules of Procedure for this subsidiary body are contained within the IPHC Rules of Procedure. |
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SRB Members |
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Research Advisory Board (RAB) |
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The RAB, which formed in 1999, consists of both fishers and processors who offer suggestions to the Executive Director and staff on where Commission research should focus. RAB generally meets in February, after the IPHC Annual Meeting, and its input is factored into the IPHC research planning process. The Rules of Procedure for this subsidiary body are contained within the IPHC Rules of Procedure. |
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RAB Officers |
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RAB Members |
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![]() Commercial Canada |
![]() Commercial U.S.A. |
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![]() Commercial U.S.A. |
![]() Commercial Canada |
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![]() Treaty Tribes U.S.A. |
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![]() Commercial U.S.A. |
![]() FISS Contractor U.S.A. |
![]() Commercial U.S.A. |
![]() Recreational U.S.A. |
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![]() Commercial U.S.A. |
![]() Academia U.S.A. |
Conference Board (CB) |
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The CB is a panel representing Canadian and American commercial and sport halibut fishers. Created in 1931 by the Commission, the Board gives the IPHC the fishers' perspective on Commission proposals presented at Annual Meetings in January. Members are designated by union and vessel owner organizations from both nations. The Rules of Procedure for this subsidiary body are contained within the IPHC Rules of Procedure. |
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CB Officers |
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![]() First Nations Canada |
![]() Commercial U.S.A. |
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CB Members - Canada |
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![]() Annieville Halibut Association (AHA) Canada |
![]() A-Tlegay Fisheries Society (AFS) Canada |
![]() BC Commercial Integrated Groundfish Society (CIGS) Canada |
![]() BC Halibut Longline Fisherman’s Assoc. (BHLF) Canada |
![]() BC Northern Trollers Association (NTA) Canada |
![]() BC Tuna Fishermen's Association (TFA) Canada |
![]() BC Wildlife Federation Canada |
![]() Canadian Sablefish Association (CSA) Canada |
![]() Council of the Haida Nation (CHN) Canada |
![]() Dididaht First Nation (DFN) Canada |
![]() Halibut Advisory Board (HAB) Canada |
![]() Hook and Line Groundfish Association (HLGA) Canada |
![]() Island Marine Aquatic Working Group Canada |
![]() Northern Halibut Producers Association (NHPA) Canada |
![]() Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council (NTC) Canada |
![]() Pacific Coast Fishing Vessel Owners Guild (PCFVOG) Canada |
![]() Pacific Halibut Management Association of BC (PHMA) Canada
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![]() Sport Fishing Advisory Board - Main (SFABM) Canada |
![]() Sport Fishing Advisory Board - North (SFABN) Canada
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![]() Sport Fishing Advisory Board - South (SFABS) Canada |
![]() Steveston Halibut Association (SHA) Canada
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![]() Sport Fishing Institute of BC (SFI) Canada |
![]() South Vancouver Island Anglers Coalition (SVIAC) Canada |
![]() The United Fishermen And Allied Workers' Union – Unifor (UFAWU/UNIFOR) Canada |
![]() Vancouver Island Longline Assoc. Canada |
![]() West Coast Fishing Guides Association (WCFGA) Canada |
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CB Members - USA |
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![]() Adak Community Development Corporation U.S.A. |
![]() Alaska Charter Association (ACA) U.S.A. |
![]() Alaska Longline Fisherman's Association U.S.A. |
![]() Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association (AWTA) U.S.A. |
![]() Aleutian Pribilof Island CDA U.S.A. |
![]() Aleut Coorporation of Saint Paul Island (ACSPI) U.S.A. |
![]() Area 4 Concerned Harvesters U.S.A. |
![]() Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation (BBEDC) U.S.A. |
![]() Cape Barnabas, Inc U.S.A. |
![]() CATCH Association (CA) U.S.A. |
![]() Central Bering Sea Fishermen's Association U.S.A. |
![]() Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) U.S.A. |
![]() Coastal Trollers Association (CTA) U.S.A. |
![]() Coastal Villages Region Fund (CVRF) U.S.A. |
![]() Cordova District Fishermen United U.S.A. |
![]() Deep Sea Fishermen’s Union of the Pacific (DSFU) U.S.A. |
![]() Edmonds Veteran Independent Longliners (EVL) U.S.A. |
![]() Fishing Vessel Owners Assoc. (FVOA) U.S.A. |
![]() Freezer Longliner Coalition U.S.A. |
![]() Juneau Charterboat Association (JCBA) U.S.A. |
![]() Halibut Coalition Inc. U.S.A. |
![]() Homer Charter Association U.S.A. |
![]() Humbolt Area Saltwater Anglers (HASA) U.S.A. |
![]() K Bay Fishermen Association U.S.A. |
![]() Kodiak Vessel Owners Association (KVOA) U.S.A. |
![]() Kruzof Fisheries (KRUZOF) U.S.A. |
![]() Next Generation Fishermens Association (NGFA) U.S.A. |
![]() North Pacific Fisheries Association U.S.A. |
![]() Petersburg Vessel Owners Association U.S.A. |
![]() Recreational Fishing Alliance - National U.S.A. |
![]() Recreational Fishing Alliance - California U.S.A.
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![]() Sablefish and Halibut Pot Association (SHPA) U.S.A. |
![]() Seafood Producers Coop (SPC) U.S.A. |
![]() SE Alaska Fishermen's Alliance U.S.A. |
![]() Sitka Halibut & Black Cod Marketing Association U.S.A. |
![]() Southeast Alaska Guides (SEAGO) U.S.A. |
![]() St. Paul Fishermen's Association U.S.A. |
![]() Tribal Government of St. Paul U.S.A. |
![]() United Fishermen's Marketing Association (UFMA) U.S.A. |
![]() Yukon Delta Fisheries Association U.S.A. |
Processor Advisory Board (PAB) |
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The PAB, as the name suggests, represents halibut processors. Like the Conference Board, PAB lends its opinion regarding Commission proposals and offers recommendations at IPHC Annual Meetings. The group was formed in 1996. The Rules of Procedure for this subsidiary body are contained within the IPHC Rules of Procedure. |
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PAB Officers |
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![]() Chairperson U.S.A. |
![]() Vice-Chairperson Canada |
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PAB Members |
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Finance and Administration Committee (FAC) |
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The Finance and Administration Committee (FAC) is comprised of Commissioners appointed to the task. Its duties are to advise the Commission on such matters of an administrative and financial character as are remitted to it by the Commission, including annually examining the operating budget for the current year and the draft budgets for the ensuing and following years. In addition, the FAC may draw to the attention of the Commission any matter of an administrative or financial character. The Rules of Procedure for this subsidiary body are contained within the IPHC Rules of Procedure. |
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Agencies
To be developed.
Observers and the general public
The Commission and its subsidiary bodies are generally open to Observers and the general public unless the Commission specifically decides otherwise.
The Commission may, upon their request, invite the following Observers in their official capacity:
- Any State or any other entity that has jurisdiction over waters adjacent to the Convention Area;
- Other States with an interest in the work of the Commission that are not Contracting Parties of the Commission, invited by the Commission;
- Other regional fisheries management organisations and other relevant governmental or intergovernmental organisations, invited by the Commission;
- Non-governmental organisations having special competence in the field of activity of the Commission, to attend such of its meetings as the Commission may specify.
Any Observer to a meeting of the Commission, or of the general public, may submit memoranda as either Regulatory Proposals, Position Statements or Information Papers, no later than 30 days prior to the commencement of the session.
Observers and the general public may participate in the deliberations of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies during the Observer and public testimony periods, but shall not be entitled to participate in the taking of decisions.
The Commission may enter into agreements or arrangements with other inter-governmental organisations and institutions, especially those active in the fisheries sector, which might contribute to the work and further the objectives of the Commission. Such agreements or arrangements may provide that these organisations or institutions may be represented as Observers in the Sessions of the Commission.