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		<fi:Editor>FIGIS Team</fi:Editor>
		<dcterms:Created>2010-07-15</dcterms:Created>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="en">Regional Fishery Bodies (RFB) - Fact Sheets</dc:Title>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="en">Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)</dc:Title>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="en">Regional Fishery Bodies summary descriptions</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="fr">Descriptions succinctes des Organismes Régionaux des Pêches</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="es">Descripciónes resumidas de los Órganos Regionales de la Pesca</dc:Title>
<ags:CreatorCorporate xml:lang="en">Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-UN)</ags:CreatorCorporate>
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			<dcterms:Created>2001-01-01</dcterms:Created>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="en">International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC)</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="fr">International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC)</dc:Title>
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<fi:Telephone>+1 206 634 1838</fi:Telephone>
<fi:Fax>+1 206 632 2983</fi:Fax>
<fi:Email>bruce@iphc.washington.edu</fi:Email>
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			<dc:Title>INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC HALIBUT COMMISSION (IPHC)</dc:Title>
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				<fi:Text><![CDATA[ The main objective of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) is ]]></fi:Text>
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					<fi:Text><![CDATA[ the preservation of the halibut fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. ]]></fi:Text>
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				<fi:Text><![CDATA[ The main functions of the IPHC, which meets annually to review all regulatory proposals, are: ]]></fi:Text>
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					<fi:Text><![CDATA[ to conduct and coordinate scientific studies relating to the halibut fishery and to formulate regulations designed to develop the stocks of halibut to those levels that permit optima utilization; ]]></fi:Text>
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					<fi:Text><![CDATA[to submit regulations, mainly the total allowable catch of halibut in the Convention Area, to the two governments for approval. Upon approval, the regulations are enforced by the appropriate agencies of both governments. ]]></fi:Text>
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        North Pacific Ocean, including the Bering Sea.
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<dc:Title xml:lang="zh">IPHC area of competence</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ru">IPHC area of competence</dc:Title>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="en">Pacific, Northeast</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="fr">Pacifique, nord-est</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="es">Pacífico, nordeste</dc:Title>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="en">Eastern Bering Sea</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="fr">Eastern Bering Sea</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="es">Eastern Bering Sea</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ar">Eastern Bering Sea</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="zh">Eastern Bering Sea</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ru">Eastern Bering Sea</dc:Title>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="en">Gulf of Alaska</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="fr">Gulf of Alaska</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="es">Gulf of Alaska</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ar">Gulf of Alaska</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="zh">Gulf of Alaska</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ru">Gulf of Alaska</dc:Title>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="en">California Current</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="fr">California Current</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="es">California Current</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ar">California Current</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="zh">California Current</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ru">California Current</dc:Title>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="en">West Bering Sea</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="fr">West Bering Sea</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="es">West Bering Sea</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ar">West Bering Sea</dc:Title>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="en">Chukchi Sea</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="fr">Chukchi Sea</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="es">Chukchi Sea</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ar">Chukchi Sea</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="zh">Chukchi Sea</dc:Title>
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        <br />
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        <br />
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		<fi:LegalFoundation Label="Legal framework" LegalType="Convention" Type="Inter-gov">
			<fi:Text><![CDATA[ Established by the Convention for the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery, signed in Washington, DC, the United States of America, on 2 March 1923. The Convention was amended in 1930 and 1937. A new Convention between Canada and the United States of America for the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea was signed in Ottawa, Canada, on 2 March 1953 and entered into force on 28 October 1953. When the two countries extended their fishery jurisdictions, a Protocol Amending the Convention was signed in Washington, DC, the United States of America, on 29 March 1979 and entered into force on 15 October 1980. ]]></fi:Text>
			<fi:Text><![CDATA[
        <br />
      ]]></fi:Text>
			<fi:Text><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/history/1923us.htm">http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/history/1923us.htm</a> ]]></fi:Text>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="en">Canada</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="fr">Canada</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="es">Canadá</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ar">كندا</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="zh">加拿大</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ru">Канада</dc:Title>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="fr">le Canada</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="es">el Canadá</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ar">كندا</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="zh">加拿大</dc:Title>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="fr">États-Unis d'Amérique</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="es">EstadosUnidos de América</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ar">الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="zh">美利坚合众国</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ru">Соединенные Штаты Америки</dc:Title>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="en">the United States of America</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="fr">les États-Unis d'Amérique</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="es">los Estados Unidos de América</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ar">الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="zh">美利坚合众国</dc:Title>
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				<fi:Text><![CDATA[ The IPHC conducts and coordinates scientific studies relating to the halibut fishery and formulates regulations and measures, which are submitted to the two governments (Canada and the United States of America). The IPHC has regulatory powers, and sets the total allowable catch of halibut in the Convention Area. The IPHC meets annually to review all regulatory proposals, including those made by the scientific staff and the subsidiary advisory bodies. ]]></fi:Text>
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			<fi:OrgGovernanceEntry Label="Subsidiary bodies" Type="Subsidiary_committee">
				<fi:Text><![CDATA[ <ul> <li>Conference Board: established in 1931. It includes representatives of commercial, recreational, subsistence, and first nations/native American harvesters.</li> <li>Processor Advisory Group: established in 1996. It represents halibut processors</li> <li>Research Advisory Board: established in 1999. It offers suggestions to the IPHC Director and staff on research studies that should be conducted and advice on research proposals developed by IPHC staff.</li> </ul> ]]></fi:Text>
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				<fi:Text><![CDATA[<b>Primary contact:</b>]]></fi:Text>
				<dc:Title>IPHC Seattle Staff</dc:Title>
				
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					<fi:Address LineNumber="1">2320 W. Commodore Way Suite 300</fi:Address>
					<fi:City>Seattle</fi:City>
					<fi:Province>Washington</fi:Province>
					<fi:PostalCode>98199-1287</fi:PostalCode>
					<fi:Nation Code="US" CodeSystem="iso2">USA</fi:Nation>
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				<fi:Telephone>(206) 634-1838</fi:Telephone>
				<fi:Fax>(206) 632-2983</fi:Fax>
				<fi:Website>http://www.iphc.int</fi:Website>
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				<dc:Title>Enquiry information:</dc:Title>
				
			<fi:Website>http://www.iphc.int/contacts.html</fi:Website>
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