Pacific halibut
NE Pacific
US West Coast/IPHC Regulatory Area 2A
United States
Set longlines
Biological Stock
Fishery:
Alaska/IPHC Regulatory Areas 2C, 3A, 3B and 4A-E
United States
Set longlines
Fishery:
British Columbia/IPHC Regulatory Area 2B
Canada
Set longlines
Fishery:
US West Coast/IPHC Regulatory Area 2A
United States
Pole-lines hand operated
Fishery:
US West Coast/IPHC Regulatory Area 2A
United States
Set longlines
Fishery:
US West Coast/IPHC Regulatory Area 2A
United States
Vertical Lines
Profile updated on 20 December 2023
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
IDENTIFICATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Hippoglossus stenolepis
SPECIES NAME(s)
Pacific halibut, Палтус белокорый
The Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) resource in the IPHC Convention Area is modelled as a single stock extending throughout the NE Pacific from northern California to the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea. The Pacific halibut is managed by the IPHC (International Pacific Halibut Commission) since 1923, where mortality limits for each 8 IPHC regulatory fishing areas are set each year.
ANALYSIS
Strengths
- Managers follow appropriate measures and have suspended management actions that were not conducive to conservation (IPHC, 2023).
SCORES
Management Quality:
Management Strategy:
10.0
Managers Compliance:
10.0
Fishers Compliance:
10.0
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