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throughout their range are critical pieces of information 

 required to rebuild stocks and to maintain them at healthy 

 levels . 



Currently, the Departments of Commerce, the Interior, and State 

 are providing funding to implement the provisions of the Treaty. 

 The Department of Commerce provided $5,587,000 to the PSC 

 programs in FY 1994, most of which was contracted to the States 

 of Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho for a broad range of 

 salmon stock assessment programs. Additionally, the Department 

 provided $400,000 as the U.S. share of the funding for the joint 

 U.S. and Canadian salmon enhancement program on the Transboundary 

 Rivers that flow through Northern British Columbia and Southeast 

 Alaska. 



Current Status of Negotiations 



In view of the extended impasse in PSC negotiations, senior 

 government officials of both countries undertook extraordinary 

 efforts to explore approaches that would address both countries' 

 conservation and equity needs. This initiative focused on ways 

 of facilitating some resolution of PSC issues for the 1994 

 fishing season. Consultations were maintained with U.S. PSC 

 Commissioners and key state and tribal officials to advance this 

 end. Unfortunately, comprehensive solutions were not achieved. 

 Yet, the United States and Canada have achieved sufficient 

 progress to warrant continuing negotiations. 



