Background
The transboundary stock of Pacific whiting, also known as Pacific hake, is managed via the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada on Pacific Hake/ Whiting of 2003, commonly known as the Pacific Hake/Whiting Treaty. This agreement established that the United States has a right to 73.88 percent of the overall TAC and Canada has a right to 26.12 percent.
Meetings
AP: Advisory Panel; JMC: Joint Management Committee; JTC: Joint Technical Committee; SRG: Scientific Review Group.
Learn more about past meetings
Committees and Panels
The Pacific Whiting Treaty created four bilateral bodies to manage the Pacific whiting resource. Information about each of the treaty bodies, including membership and terms of reference, can be found by clicking on the links below:
Treaty Process
The annual coastwide TAC-setting process begins with a stock assessment completed by the Joint Technical Committee in January. The Scientific Review Group reviews the stock assessment at their annual meeting (February or March) and provides scientific advice, which is incorporated into the final stock assessment. The Advisory Panel and Joint Management Committee meet to review the stock assessment and to provide advice to the governments of Canada and of the United States on an annual coastwide TAC by March of each year. Once approved by the respective governments, the TAC advice is in turn implemented in accordance with each countries’ laws and regulations.
Management Documents
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2012–2017
Document Archive
An oceanic whitetip shark swims near the surface of the water. Photo courtesy of John Carlson.
Dense beds of small Atlantic sea scallops photographed on the ocean floor in the Mid-Atlantic in 2015. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.
A Petrale sole flatfish. Photo courtesy of Positively Groundfish.
Alaska salmon troller Bay of Pillars in Chatham Strait. Credit: NOAA Fisheries