http://www.iphc.int/publications/annual/ar2015.pdf

“The IPHC and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) held a joint February meeting (2015), in an attempt to find common ground on by-catch reduction and control.

While the Commission subdivides the coast wide stock by regulatory area, the domestic governments allocate the catch further in some areas and require Commission approval to implement these allocation plans. The Commission approved the PFMC catch-sharing plan that allocates the Area 2A catch among the non-treaty directed commercial fishery, non-treaty incidental fisheries, treaty Indian fisheries, and sport fisheries. The DFO commercial/sport allocation plan was also approved. The NPFMC catch-sharing plan allocating the catch for Areas 2C and 3A between commercial and charter sport sectors was approved with specific charter management measures. The NPFMC catch-sharing plan for Areas 4CDE again allocates catch among the subareas. More in-depth information on all of these subjects can be found in the following sections of this report.”