News Release 2018-031 95th Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM095): Deadlines and Arrangements

3 December 2018   

95th SESSION OF THE IPHC ANNUAL MEETING (AM095):

DEADLINES AND ARRANGEMENTS

The 95^th Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM095) will be held from Monday 28 January 2019 through Friday 1 February 2019, at the Fairmont Empress hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The AM095 agenda and related documents may be accessed on the IPHC website: https://www.iphc.int/venues/details/95th-session-of-the-iphc-annual-meeting-am095.

Document deadline: 29 December 2018, for all documents, including working papers, agency reports and regulatory proposals. Documents of any type received after the deadline will be considered for information only (Information Papers) and may not be discussed at the meeting.

Registration: Please register for either in-person or remote (webinar) attendance at the same Annual Meeting webpage link shown above.

The in-person registration link on the meeting page contains additional details of the rooms reserved at the Fairmont Empress for meeting attendees (rate of  $169 CAD/night) and is valid until 28 December 2018. More information may be found at these links:

Fairmont Empress Reservations – Online Reservations

Victoria Accommodation Options – Tourism Victoria

REMINDER: IPHC REGULATORY PROPOSALS FOR THE 2018-19 PROCESS

Please submit regulation proposals via the IPHC Fishery Regulation portal only:

Fishery Regulations: https://www.iphc.int/the-commission/fishery-regulations/

Deadline: 29 December 2018

REPORT OF THE 94th SESSION OF THE IPHC INTERIM MEETING (IM094)

Please note that the report of the 94^th Session of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) Interim Meeting (IM094) which was held on 27-28 November 2018 in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A,  is available on the IM094 page of the IPHC website.

Please also be reminded of the new functionality added to the IPHC website throughout 2018 which you may find useful in preparing for the 95^th Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting:

1. Fishery-Independent Setline Survey (FISS) data interactive
2. Regulations portal, including the online regulatory proposal submission form
3. Landings Report  
4. Mortality projection tool

ONGOING SUBSCRIPTION TO IPHC NEWS RELEASES

Dear Reader: The IPHC is moving towards fully electronic information distribution. As such, if you would like to continue to receive IPHC news in the future, please click the following link to subscribe to electronic communications: https://www.iphc.int/form/news-letter. Hard copies of news releases and other bulletins will cease in 2019.  

David T. Wilson, Ph.D.
Executive Director, IPHC
Phone: (206) 634-1838
Fax:     (206) 632-2983
Web:  www.iphc.int