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IPHC Media Release 2023-008 Notification of IPHC Fishery-Independent Setline Survey (FISS) 2023 Contract Awards

13 April 2023

SEATTLE – The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) is chartering longline vessels to conduct its Fishery-Independent Setline Survey (FISS) in 2023. The primary purpose of the FISS is to collect standardised fishery-independent data for use in our Pacific halibut stock assessment. This information is used to study aspects of the Pacific halibut resource such as growth, distribution, biomass, age composition, sexual maturity, and relative abundance of other species.

Please note that while IPHC does not plan to complete the remaining stations in Unalaska (16) and Adak (16), we are still actively seeking bids for the Yakutat charter region (36). For more information, please visit the Vessel Recruiting page. 

2023 IPHC FISS Contract Awards       

IPHC Regulatory Area

IPHC Charter Region

Vessel

Lump Sum (USD)

Share of Pacific halibut

Share of non-viable bycatch

2A

Washington

Pacific Surveyor

$60,000

10%

50%

2B

Vancouver

Vanisle

$110,960

10%

0%

2B

Goose Island

Star Wars II

$115,000

10%

0%

2B

St James

Star Wars II

$110,000

10%

0%

2B

Charlotte

Pender Isle

$140,000

10%

$2,000 1

2C

Ketchikan

Vanisle

$87,260

10%

50%

2C

Ommaney

Bold Pursuit

$90,000

10%

50%

2C

Sitka

Star Wars II

$90,000

10%

50%

3A

Fairweather

Bold Pursuit

$95,000

10%

50%

3A

Yakutat

--

--

10%

50%

3A

Prince William Sound

Dangerous Cape

$96,000

10%

50%

3A

Gore Point

Dangerous Cape

$85,680

10%

50%

3A

Albatross

Kema Sue

$88,200

10%

50%

3B

Trinity

Devotion

$112,200

10%

50%

3B

Semidi

Devotion

$119,250

10%

50%

3B

Chignik

Kema Sue

$108,480

10%

50%

3B

Shumagin

Kema Sue

$122,040

10%

50%

3B

Sanak

Kema Sue

$81,900

10%

50%

4A

Unalaska

--

--

--

--

4B

Adak

--

--

--

--

Note: Bycatch processing lump sum payments

IPHC Secretariat
International Pacific Halibut Commission
2320 W. Commodore Way, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98199-1287
206-634-1838 | www.iphc.int
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