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102nd Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM102)

Event Details

Date

19-22 January 2026 (23 January 2026 if needed)

Location

Bellevue, WA, USA

Venue

Regency Ballroom (Second Floor), Hyatt Regency Bellevue

Time

09:00-17:00 PST daily

Chairperson

Mr Jon Kurland (USA)

Vice-Chairperson

Mr Mark Waddell (Canada)

Notes

  • Document deadline: 20 December 2025 (30 days prior to the opening of the Session)
  • To submit fishery regulations proposal, visit the Fishery Regulations portal
  • AM102 participants who wish to attend the CB096 and/or PAB031 must register separately for those meetings on their respective webpages.

Regency Ballroom
(Second Floor),
Hyatt Regency Bellevue

900 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004, United States of America

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Meeting Results

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IPHC-2026-AM102-R
Report of the 102nd Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM102)
22 Jan 2026
IPHC-2026-AM102-WEBINAR
Recording of the 102nd Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM102)
19 Jan 2026

Secretariat Meeting Documents

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IPHC-2026-AM102-00
Compendium of Published Meeting Documents
2 Jan 2026
6 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026
IPHC-2026-AM102-01
Agenda & Schedule for the 102nd Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM102)
1 Oct 2025
3 Dec 2025
15 Jan 2026
IPHC-2026-AM102-02
List of Documents for the 102nd Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM102)
20 Oct 2025
12 Dec 2025
14 Jan 2026
IPHC-2026-AM102-03
Update on actions arising from the 101st Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (AM101), 2025 Special Sessions, intersessional decisions, and from the 101st Session of the IPHC Interim Meeting (IM101) (D. Wilson)
8 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-04 Rev_1
Report of the IPHC Secretariat (2025) (D. Wilson & B. Hutniczak)
2 Jan 2026
8 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-05
International Pacific Halibut Commission Integrated Research and Monitoring Plan (D. Wilson, J. Planas, I. Stewart, A. Hicks, B. Hutniczak, & R. Webster)
8 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-06
Port operations (2025) (M. Thom)
16 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-07 Rev_1
Fisheries data overview (2025) (B. Hutniczak, H. Tran, T. Kong, K. Sawyer van Vleck, & K. Magrane)
10 Dec 2025
14 Jan 2026
IPHC-2026-AM102-08
IPHC Fishery-independent setline survey (FISS) design and implementation in 2025 (K. Ualesi, T. Jack, & K. Coll)
12 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-09
Space-time modelling of survey data (R. Webster)
10 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-10
Data overview and stock assessment for Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) at the end of 2025 (I. Stewart, A. Hicks, R. Webster, & D. Wilson)
11 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-11
IPHC Harvest Strategy Policy (A. Hicks, I. Stewart, & D. Wilson)
12 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-12
Stock projections and harvest decision table for 2026-2028 (I. Stewart & A. Hicks)
11 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-13
2026, and 2027-29 FISS Design evaluation (R. Webster, I. Stewart, K. Ualesi, T. Jack, & D. Wilson)
12 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-14
Report on Current and Future Biological and Ecosystem Science Research Activities (J. Planas)
10 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-15
IPHC Fishery Regulations: Proposals for the 2025-26 process (B. Hutniczak)
19 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-16
IPHC 3-year meetings calendar (2026-28) (IPHC Secretariat)
8 Dec 2025

Contracting Party National Reports

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IPHC-2026-AM102-NR01 Rev_1
Canada: National Report (Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO))
23 Dec 2025
19 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-NR02 Rev_1
United States of America: National Report (NOAA Fisheries)
19 Dec 2025
12 Jan 2026

IPHC Fishery Regulation proposals for 2026

IPHC Secretariat Fishery Regulation proposals for 2026

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IPHC-2026-AM102-PropA1
IPHC Fishery Regulations: Mortality and Fishery Limits (Sect. 5)
5 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-PropA2
IPHC Fishery Regulations: Commercial Fishing Periods (Sect. 9)
5 Dec 2025

Contracting Party Fishery Regulation proposals for 2026

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IPHC-2026-AM102-PropB1
IPHC Fishery Regulations: Recreational (Sport) Fishing for Pacific Halibut – IPHC Regulatory Areas 2C, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E (Sect. 28) (Charter Management Measures in IPHC Regulatory Areas 2C and 3A)
USA
19 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-PropB2
IPHC Fishery Regulations: Recreational (Sport) Fishing for Pacific Halibut - IPHC Regulatory Area 2B (Sect. 28) - Daily bag limit in IPHC Regulatory Area 2B
Canada
10 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-PropB3
IPHC Fishery Regulations: Recreational (Sport) Fishing for Pacific Halibut - IPHC Regulatory Area 2A – Season opening dates for recreational fishery subareas within IPHC Regulatory Area 2A
USA
19 Dec 2025

Other Stakeholder Fishery Regulation proposals for 2026

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IPHC-2026-AM102-PropC1
IPHC Fishery Regulations: Recreational (Sport) Fishing for Pacific Halibut - IPHC Regulatory Areas 2C, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E (Sect. 28) - unguided sector bag limit (P. Odegaard)
15 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-PropC2
IPHC Fishery Regulations: Commercial Fishing Periods (Sect. 9) – limited retention outside the commercial fishing period in IPHC Regulatory Area 2B (R. Hauknes)
19 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-PropC3
IPHC Fishery Regulations: Recreational (Sport) Fishing for Pacific Halibut - IPHC Regulatory Areas 2C, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E (Sect. 28) – supporting information for unguided sector bag limit (C. Miller)
19 Dec 2025

Information papers

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IPHC-2026-AM102-INF01 Rev_1
Stakeholder Statements on IPHC Fishery Regulations or published regulatory proposals (IPHC Secretariat)
20 Dec 2025
2 Jan 2026
IPHC-2026-AM102-INF02
The IPHC mortality projection tool for 2026 mortality limits (I. Stewart)
11 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-INF03
Using artificial intelligence (AI) for supplementing Pacific halibut age determination from collected otoliths (B. Hutniczak, J. Forsberg, K. Sawyer Van Vleck, & K. Magrane)
5 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-AM102-INF04
Considerations relating to allowing year-round landings of Pacific halibut in Canada (I. Stewart, B. Hutniczak, A. Hicks, J. Planas, M. Thom, D. Wilson)
6 Jan 2026
IPHC-2026-AM102-INF05
Consideration of potential efficiency gains for the IPHC’s Conference Board (CB) and Processor Advisory Board (PAB) (IPHC Secretariat)
20 Dec 2025

Reports from IPHC subsidiary bodies (2025-26)

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IPHC-2025-MSAB021-R
Report of the 21st Session of the IPHC Management Strategy Advisory Board (MSAB021)
15 May 2025
IPHC-2025-SRB026-R
Report of the 26th Session of the IPHC Scientific Review Board (SRB026)
12 Jun 2025
IPHC-2025-SRB027-R
Report of the 27th Session of the IPHC Scientific Review Board (SRB027)
18 Sept 2025
IPHC-2025-RAB026-R
Report of the 26th Session of the IPHC Research Advisory Board (RAB026)
19 Nov 2025
IPHC-2025-IM101-R
Report of the 101st Session of the IPHC Interim Meeting (IM101)
4 Dec 2025
IPHC-2026-FAC102-R
Report of the 102nd Session of the IPHC Finance and Administration Committee (FAC102)
14 Jan 2026
IPHC-2026-CB096-R
Report of the 96th Session of the IPHC Conference Board (CB096)
21 Jan 2026
IPHC-2026-PAB031-R
Report of the 31st Session of the IPHC Processor Advisory Board (PAB031)
21 Jan 2026