Meeting Results
Report of the 95th Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM095)
International Pacific Halibut Commission Completes 95th Annual Meeting
Recording of the 95th Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM095)
Secretariat Meeting Documents
IPHC Annual Meeting (AM095) - A Collection of Published Meeting Documents (formerly the BLUE BOOK)
Agenda & Schedule for the 95th Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM095)
29 Oct 2018
29 Dec 2018
18 Jan 2019
23 Jan 2019
List of Documents for the 95th Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM095) 28 Jan 2019
29 Oct 2018
10 Jan 2019
18 Jan 2019
28 Jan 2019
Update on actions arising from the 94th Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM094), and the 94th Session of the IPHC Interim Meeting (IM094) (IPHC Secretariat)
Report of the IPHC Secretariat (2018) (IPHC Secretariat)
Fishery statistics (2018) (L. Erikson)
Fishery-Independent Setline Survey (FISS) design and implementation in 2018, including current and future expansions (L. Erikson, E. Soderlund, & T. Geernaert)
Space-time modelling of survey data (R. Webster)
Overview of data sources for the Pacific halibut stock assessment, harvest policy, and related analyses (I. Stewart & R. Webster)
Assessment of the Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) stock at the end of 2018 (I. Stewart & A. Hicks)
Draft: IPHC Fishery Status Report 2018, Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) (IPHC Secretariat)
Mortality projections – Using the IPHC mortality projection tool (I. Stewart & D. Wilson)
IPHC Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE): update (A. Hicks & I. Stewart)
Implementation notes: 2019 Regulatory proposals (IPHC Secretariat)
IPHC 5-year Biological and Ecosystem Sciences research program: update (J. Planas)
Peer review process for IPHC science products (D. Wilson, J. Planas, A. Hicks & I. Stewart)
Financial Statement for FY2018 (M. Larsen & D. Wilson)
Independent auditor’s report (FY2017 & FY2018) (M. Larsen & D. Wilson)
Budget estimates for FY2020 (for approval) and tentatively for FY2021 (M. Larsen & D. Wilson)
Draft: IPHC Financial Regulations (2019) (M. Larsen, S. Keith & D. Wilson)
Draft: IPHC Rules of Procedure (2019) (D. Wilson)
2nd IPHC Performance Review: Update (D. Wilson & S. Keith)
IPHC meetings calendar (2019-21) (IPHC Secretariat)
Contracting Party (by agency) Reports
USA - Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) report to the IPHC (M. Culver)
USA - NMFS Report: Report on the 2018 Pacific halibut fisheries in Area 2A (F. Lockhart)
USA - U.S. Coast Guard enforcement Report (IPHC Areas 2A, 2C, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E) to the International Pacific Halibut Commission (11th, 13th and 17th Districts)
USA - NOAA-NMFS Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) - West coast enforcement division report to the International Pacific Halibut Commission
USA - Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW): Summary of Washington Pacific Halibut fisheries management in 2018 (H. Hall)
USA - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW): Report: Summary of Oregon Recreational and Commercial Pacific Halibut Fisheries in 2018 (L. Mattes & M. Sommer)
USA - Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division: Halibut Enforcement Summary 2018 (R. Howell)
USA – 2018 California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) report to the International Pacific Halibut Commission (M. Parker, M. Yaremko & C. McKnight)
Canada - National Report 2018 - Fisheries and Oceans Canada (A. Keizer)
Canada - Province of British Columbia Report (M. Turner & K. Romanin)
USA - North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) Report to the IPHC (D. Witherell)
USA - Report to the International Pacific Halibut Commission 2019 Annual Meeting - Alaska Region, National Marine Fisheries Service (G. Merrill)
USA - Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) – Division of sport fish (recreational) (S. Webster)
USA - Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) Subsistence Report
USA - NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement (OLE): Alaska enforcement division report to the International Pacific Halibut Commission
Regulatory Proposals for 2019
IPHC SECRETARIAT REGULATORY PROPOSALS FOR 2019
Fishery Limits (Sect. 4) (IPHC Secretariat)
Fishing Periods (Sect. 9) (IPHC Secretariat)
IPHC-2019-AM095-PropA3 Rev_1
IPHC Fishery Regulations: minor amendments (IPHC Secretariat)
CONTRACTING PARTY (AGENCY) REGULATORY PROPOSALS FOR 2019
Charter management measures in IPHC Regulatory Areas 2C and 3A (NOAA-Fisheries)
OTHER STAKEHOLDER REGULATORY PROPOSALS FOR 2019
IPHC-2019-AM095-PropC1 Rev_1
IPHC Regulatory Area 2A TCEY (P. DePoe)
IPHC Regulatory Area 2A quota proposal (M. Pettis)
Reports from IPHC Subsidiary Bodies (2018/19)
Report of the 19th Session of the IPHC Research Advisory Board (RAB019)
Report of the 12th Session of the IPHC Scientific Review Board (SRB012)
Report of the 13th Session of the IPHC Scientific Review Board (SRB013)
Report of the 11th Session of the IPHC Management Strategy Advisory Board (MSAB011)
Report of the 12th Session of the IPHC Management Strategy Advisory Board (MSAB012)
Report of the 94th Session of the IPHC Interim Meeting (IM094)
Report of the 89th Session of the IPHC Conference Board (CB089)
Report of the 24th Session of the IPHC Processor Advisory Board (PAB024)
Information Papers
IPHC-2019-AM095-INF01 Rev_2
Stakeholder statements on regulatory proposals for 2019 (IPHC Secretariat)
Draft: IPHC Contracting Party (by domestic agency) Report Template
Draft: IPHC Harvest Strategy Policy (IPHC Secretariat)
Report of Assessment and Research Activities: 2019 (IPHC Secretariat)
Alaska Seafood Cooperative Halibut Bycatch Performance Report to the International Pacific Halibut Commission January 2019
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission: 2018 Treaty Halibut Summary
Treatment and effects of Pacific halibut discard mortality (bycatch) in non-directed fisheries projected for 2019
Additional Harvest Decision Tables, Treatment and effects of Pacific halibut discard mortality (bycatch) projected for 2020 and 2021, and time series of bycatch and discard mortality
Reference Documents (Posters)
Establishment of the biological laboratory at IPHC
Electronically monitoring release method as a proxy for Pacific halibut discard mortality rates in the directed Pacfic halibut longline fishery
Identification of molecular growth signatures in skeletal muscle of juvenile Pacific halibut (Hippoglosssus stenolepis) for monitoring population
Pacific halibut migration research at IPHC
Oocyte stages and development in female Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)
Improving maturity schedules: Full characterzation of the annual reproductive cycle of the Pacific halibut
