SEATTLE – The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) is very pleased to announce that Ms Ava Young of Madeira Park, BC, Canada, has been awarded the 2026 IPHC Merit Scholarship.
Ms Young will be attending the University of Victoria, BC, to undertake a Bachelor of Education – Elementary Curriculum, and we wish her well in her studies.
We would also like to thank the 2026 IPHC Merit Scholarship Panel who had a very difficult task separating an outstanding applicant pool.
· Robert Alverson (Commissioner USA)
· Peter DeGreef (Commissioner Canada)
· 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.
Since the scholarship’s inception in 2002, the IPHC has awarded over US$170,000 in scholarship funds to 21 recipients. 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 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