International Pacific Halibut Commission International Pacific Halibut Commission The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) is an International Fisheries Organization, having Canada and the United States as its members, responsible for the management of stocks of Pacific halibut or "Hippoglossus stenolepis" within the Pacific waters of its member states. It was founded in 1923 by an international treaty. The original treaty has been revised three times (1953,1976,1979). The 1979 amendment clarified the role of the IPHC in the management of the fishery through the North Pacific Halibut Act of 1982. It has carried out many activities including the use of chartered commercial fishing vessels to
Pacific sand sole fish, worms, crustaceans, and molluscs. Pacific sand sole The Pacific sand sole, "Psettichthys melanostictus", is the only fish in the genus, "Psettichthys", in the, "Pleuronectidae", family. It is a flatfish and inhabits northeastern Pacific waters where it lives on sandy bottoms. The Pacific sand sole, belongs to the order "Pleuronectiformes," and the family "Pleuronectidae". They are considered a flatfish due to their body shape, just like Hippoglossus (halibuts), Solea (soles), and Platichthys (flounders). This fish can get over 62.95 cm (24.78 in) in length and on average this fish can weigh approximately 2.484 kg (5.476 lbs). Their dorsal side, which