IPHC Literature

IPHC Publications

The IPHC publishes three serial publications (Annual Reports, Scientific Reports, and Technical Reports) and also prepares and distributes regulation pamphlets and information bulletins.

Electronic copies of all these publications are also available through the links below.

	Annual Reports
	Information Bulletins
	Scientific Reports
	Technical Reports
	Regulations
	Report of Assessment and Research Activities

To order hardcopies of these documents, please contact the IPHC.

Annual Meetings

Documents are also produced for our Annual Meetings in January. These include the Bluebook, which contains the Meeting agenda and staff presentations, and the Staff Regulatory Proposals which list catch limit and regulation change recommendations for the coming year. Only the 1996-Present documents are currently available.

Pacific Halibut: Flat or Fiction?

Our special publication by Lauri Sadorus and Birgit Soderlund is now in stock again and we are in the process of filling back-orders. If you represent an institution of learning and would like more copies, please contact Laura at the IPHC office (206) 634-1838 ext 201.

In the meantime, check out the IPHC Kids' Corner!

Outside Publications

Our staff has also published papers outside of the Commission. Lists of these works are available, ordered by author or by year.

For more general halibut information, Commission biologist Calvin Blood co-authored a pamplet with Alaska Sea Grant's Doug Coughenower entitled Flat Out Facts about Halibut (1997).

Graduate student Robert Ames and Commission biologist Gregg Williams, in association with S.M. Fitzgerald, have produced a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Technical Memorandum: Using Digital Video Monitoring Systems in Fisheries: Application for Monitoring Compliance of Seabird Avoidance Devices and Seabird Mortality in Pacific Halibut Longline Fisheries (NMFS-AFSC-152).

IPHC staff members Kelly Van Wormer and Tracee Geernaert have co-authored a report with Washington Sea Grant's Ed Melvin and Kim Dietrich entitled The Distribution of Seabirds on Alaskan Longline Fishing Grounds: 2002 Data Report.

Non-IPHC Halibut Goods

In addition to "Flat Out Facts...", Alaska Sea Grant has also produced a number of publications and a video pertaining to Pacific halibut. These include:

	"Alaska's Awesome Halibut" Poster (1997)
	Care of Halibut Aboard the Fishing Vessel (1985)
	"Halibut Dressing" Video (1985)
	Halibut Quality: The Effects of Ice and Chilled Seawater Storage (1991)
	Guide to Northeast Pacific Flatfishes: Families Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, and Pleuronectidae (1995)

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