Meeting Results
Report of the 93rd Session of the IPHC Interim Meeting (IM093)
IPHC News Release 2017-32 Outcomes of the Interim Meeting (IM093)
Recordings of the 93rd Session of the IPHC Interim Meeting (IM093)
Secretariat Meeting Documents
Draft: Agenda and schedule for the 93rd Session of the IPHC Interim Meeting (IM093)
22 Aug 2017
14 Oct 2017
27 Nov 2017
Draft: List of Documents for the 93rd Session of the IPHC Interim Meeting (IM093)
14, 31 Oct 2017
8, 10 Nov 2017
27 Nov 2017
Update on actions arising from the 93rd Annual Meeting (AM093) (IPHC Secretariat)
Report of the IPHC Secretariat (2017): Draft (IPHC Secretariat)
Fishery statistics (2017): Preliminary (J. Goen & L. Erikson)
Fishery Independent Setline Survey (FISS) design and implementation in 2017, including current and future expansions (J. Goen & T. Geernaert)
Space-time modelling of fishery-independent setline survey data (R. Webster)
Summary of the data, stock assessment, and harvest decision table for Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) at the end of 2017 (I. Stewart & A. Hicks)
Preliminary Pacific halibut catch tables for 2018 (I. Stewart)
IPHC Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE): update (A. Hicks & I. Stewart)
IPHC 5-year Biological and Ecosystem Science research program: update (J. Planas)
Evaluation of the IPHC's 32" minimum size limit (I. Stewart & A. Hicks
Update on progress regarding the implementation of the 1st IPHC Performance Review recommendations (S. Keith & D. Wilson)
2nd IPHC Performance Review: Update (D. Wilson)
Financial Statement for FY2017 (M. Larsen)
Handling of the annual budget carryover (M. Larsen)
Budget estimates for FY2018 and FY2019 (for approval) and tentatively for 2020 (M. Larsen & D. Wilson)
IPHC Financial Regulations (2018) (M. Larsen & S. Keith)
Independent auditor's report (2016) (M. Larsen)
Preparation for the 94th Session of the IPHC Annual Meeting (2018) (S. Keith)
Date and place of the 94th and 95th Sessions of the IPHC Interim Meeting (2018 and 2019) and the
IPHC Work Meetings (S. Keith)
IPHC meetings calendar (2018-20) (S. Keith)
Contracting Party (by agency) Reports
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
NOAA - National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC)
Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC)
Regulatory Proposals
IPHC Secretariat Regulatory Proposals
IPHC Closed Area (Sect. 10) (IPHC Secretariat)
Fishing Periods (Sect. 8) (IPHC Secretariat)
Removal of exemption for VMS requirement for IPHC Regulatory Area 4 clearances (Sect. 15) (IPHC Secretariat)
IPHC Fishery Regulations: minor amendments (IPHC Secretariat)
Discussion paper: Frozen-at-sea exemption for head-on requirement (Sect. 13) (IPHC Secretariat)
Contracting Party (Agency) Regulatory Proposals
CDQ Leasing in IPHC Regulatory Area 4 (NMFS)
Clarify Alaska Sport Fishery Regulations (NMFS)
Clarify Head-On Weight Requirement in Alaska Commercial Fisheries (NMFS)
Other Stakeholder Regulatory Proposals
Catch limit proposals (Sect. 11) (Various)
Preserving Catch on Private Live-Aboard Vessels (Andrew Cooper, Sport Fisherman)
For Unguided Sport Fishing
(Patricia Phillips, Pacific Fishing Inc.)
Sport Fishing for Halibut - Cleaning Regulations (Steve Riehemann, Captain/Private Vessel Owner)
Elimination of skin-on regulation
(James Shirk, Recreational Fisherman)
Live-aboard processing exemption
(David Robertson, Recreational Fisherman)
Eliminate the requirement for a CHP
(Steve Riehemann, Private Vessel Captain)
Allow Shellfish Pots on board
(Alaska Longline Fishermen's Assoc., ALFA)
Processing halibut greater than four filets
(Mark Cowart, Sports Fisherman)
Halibut length measurement method
(Richard Yamada, Alaska Charter Assoc.)
Long term storage aboard pleasure vessels (Lee Thompson, Private Sport Fisherman)
Long term storage on cruising vessels
(Wayne Cornell, Private Sport Fisherman)
Halibut in Bering Sea pots (Jeff Kauffman, St. Paul Fishing Company)
Status Quo Harvest Measures for Guided Anglers in Area 3A
(Richard Yamada, Alaska Charter Assoc.)
Reports From IPHC Subsidiary Bodies
Report of the 10th Session of the IPHC Scientific Review Board (SRB10)
Report of the 11th Session of the IPHC Scientific Review Board (SRB11)
Report of the 9th Session of the IPHC Management Strategy Advisory Board (MSAB09)
Report of the 10th Session of the IPHC Management Strategy Advisory Board (MSAB10)
Report of the 22nd Session of the IPHC Processor Advisory Board (PAG022)
Report of the 87th Session of the IPHC Conference Board (CB87)
Information Papers
Understanding the IPHC's harvest decision table (I. Stewart)
