The Pacific halibut is well camouflaged in its natural environment.

I was involved at the time with the Canadian delegation to the old International North Pacific Fisheries Commission.

If you’d like to know the weight of your halibut, use the table below from the International Pacific Halibut Commission.

Under its auspices, the International Pacific Halibut Commission, a pioneering venture in international management, regulated and improved the Pacific halibut fishery, partly through conservation quotas.

The Pacific halibut are characterized by diamond-shaped bodies.

The Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, is one of the largest teleost fish in the Pacific, with the largest sport caught halibut being 459 pounds (208 kg) near Unalaska, AK, in 1996 (Bethers 2010).

Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, 16 U.S.C. §§ 773 et

The 2012 Pacific halibut recreational fishing season will open March 1st.

Canadian Report to the International Pacific Halibut Commission on 2013 Halibut Fishery Enforcement Activities

However, it’s not just the Pacific Bluefin tuna that is threatened.

The Pacific halibut is found on the continental shelf of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering sea.

In the Pacific Region, 18 licences and 3,345 pounds of halibut quota (representing 0.04289% of Pacific’s total halibut quota) were retired by DFO using AAROM funding between 2004 and 2007.

On the other hand, Pacific halibut comes from a well-managed fishery in the Pacific Ocean and is wild-caught.

The Pacific halibut is found on the continental shelf of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea.

Pacific halibut landings, according to the International Fisheries Commission, Canada, 1890 to 1958