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95th Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM095) 28 January to 01 February 2019 Fairmont Empress Victoria, B.C., Canada The 95th Session of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) Annual Meeting (AM095) will be held from Monday 28 January 2019 … Continued
The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) recently released its 2017 Pacific Halibut Stock Assessment. The preliminary assessment was among topics discussed at the 93rd Session of its Interim Meeting at the Grand Hyatt Seattle in Seattle, Washington on 28 and … Continued
The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) is recommending to the governments of Canada and the United States catch limits for 2017 totaling 31.40 million pounds. In January, more than 200 halibut industry stakeholders attended the Ninety-third Annual IPHC Meeting in Victoria, … Continued
International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) staff is recommending that all commercially landed Pacific halibut be required to be landed and weighed with the head attached for the landing record, according to a recent announcement. In 2013, the International Pacific Halibut … Continued
The 2016 Alaska commercial IFQ halibut season runs March 19 through November 7, 2016 for all areas, according to NOAA Fisheries. NOAA recently issued a notice of the immediate effect of regulations of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC). At … Continued
The Secretary of Commerce has approved a fishery management plan amendment to reduce halibut bycatch in four sectors of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish fisheries. Amendment 111 reduces the overall Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area halibut … Continued