Pacific halibut and make regulations for the next fishing season. The management of halibut fishing by this commission is intended to allow a sustainable yield. Pacific halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis, the Pacific halibut, is a species of righteye flounder. This very large species of flatfish is native to the North Pacific and is fished by commercial fisheries, sport fishers, and subsistence fishers. The Pacific halibut is found on the continental shelf of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. Fishing for the Pacific halibut is mostly concentrated in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea, off the west coast of Canada. Small
Paralichthys adspersus 1842 as "Hippoglossus kingii", which would have placed it in the left-eye flounder family. However, the description of "H. kingii" has been determined to lack sufficient information to absolutely determine which species it describes and is thus considered ambiguous and therefore is not valid. Paralichthys adspersus Paralichthys adspersus, the fine flounder, is a species of large-tooth flounder native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, along the continental shelf from the coast of Ecuador in the north to the coast of Peru in the south. It is a medium-sized flatfish, growing up to 70 cm in length, with females typically being larger