SEATTLE – The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) is very pleased to announce that Mr Shea Davis of Cordova, Alaska, has been awarded the 2024 IPHC Merit Scholarship.
Mr Davis is attending Colorado College to undertake a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in biology, and we wish him well in his studies.
I would also like to thank the IPHC Merit Scholarship Panel who had a very difficult task separating an outstanding applicant pool.
· Robert Alverson (Commissioner USA)
· Peter DeGreef (Commissioner Canada)
· Angel Drobnica
· Christa Rusel
Background: The IPHC Merit Scholarship was established to provide educational assistance to students from Canada and the U.S.A., who are connected to the Pacific halibut fishery and its industry. The US$4,000 scholarships are renewable annually for the normal four-year period of undergraduate education, subject to maintenance of satisfactory academic performance. A single new scholarship is awarded every two years.
Profiles of previous recipients may be viewed on the IPHC website:
https://www.iphc.int/the-commission/merit-scholarship-recipients
For further information please contact the IPHC Secretariat at secretariat@iphc.int or +1-206-634-1838.
IPHC Secretariat
International Pacific Halibut Commission
2320 W. Commodore Way, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98199-1287
206-634-1838 | www.iphc.int
