Northern Boundary Technical Committee

The Joint Northern Boundary Technical Committee reports to the Northern Panel.

The Committee is responsible for:

• Evaluating the effectiveness of management actions;
• Identifying and reviewing the status of pink, chum, sockeye and coho stocks of concern to the Northern Panel;
• Presenting the most current information on harvest rates and patterns on these stocks, and developing a joint data base for assessments;
• Collating available information on the productivity of stocks in order to identify escapements which produce maximum sustainable harvests and allowable harvest rates;
• Presenting historical catch data associated fishing regimes, and information on stock composition in fisheries harvesting these stocks;
• Devising analytical methods for the development of alternative regulatory and production strategies;
• Identify information and research needs, including future monitoring programs for stock assessments; and
• Providing the Northern Panel with stock and fishery assessments and recommending conservation measures consistent with the principles of the Treaty each season.

Joint Northern Boundary Technical Committee Reports