Public Session

INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC HALIBUT COMMISSION

SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING

The Empress Hotel, Victoria, British Columbia

January 27 - January 30, 1997

SCHEDULE OF SESSIONS

PUBLIC SESSION - January 27,1997

LECTURE THEATRE - CONFERENCE CENTER

9:00 a.m.                            OPENING

                                              Chairman's Opening Remarks

                                              Introductions 

                                                        Commissioners
                                                        Staff
                                                        Guests

9:15 a.m.                            DIRECTOR'S REMARKS 

9:30 a.m.                            STAFF PRESENTATION 

                                              Total Removals of Pacific Halibut in 1996
                                              Population Assessment, 1996
                                              Evaluation of Alternative Harvest Rates for Pacific halibut
                                              Treatment of Bycatch in Staff Quota Recommendations
                                              Staff Regulatory Proposals: 1997 

10:30 a.m.                          COFFEE

11:00 a.m. - 12 Noon                QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION 

(Continued after lunch              ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURNMENT
 if needed) 

6:30 p.m.                           RECEPTION (No Host) - Crystal Ballroom