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United States Department of State 



Assistant Secretary cf State for Oceans and 

 International Enwonmental and Scientific Affairs 



Washington, D.C. 20520 



JUL M 1993 



UNITED STATES SECTION, PACIFIC SALMON COMMISSION 



Ambassador David A. Colson 

 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans 

 & Fisheries Affairs 



Mr. G. I. James 

 Lumrai Indian Tribe 



Mr. Charles Meacham, Jr. 



Deputy Commissioner 



Alaska Department of Fish & Game 



Mr. Robert A. Turner 



Commissioner 



Washington Department of Fisheries 



Pursuant to authority delegated to me, (50 Fed. Reg. 28487) 

 and after consultation with the Department of Commerce and the 

 Department of Interior, and in accordance with 16 USC 3632(g)(7), 

 I hereby determine that the United States is in jeopardy of not 

 fulfilling its international obligations under the United 

 States-Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty and so certify to the United 

 States Section. it is understood that Canada bears 

 responsibility in this regard, as well. 



The reason for such determination follows: 



A central ingredient of the Pacific Salmon Treaty is the 

 Chinook rebuilding program it established designed to rebuild 

 Chinook stocks on a coast-wide basis by 1998. 



It is now 1993 and the Pacific Salmon Commission has not 

 addressed this issue in any effective way. Nor has the U.S. 

 Section adopted an agreed approach to deal with this matter. The 

 bilateral Chinook Technical Committee Report of November 17, 1992 

 states in part (at Executive Summary, p. xii): 



"The rebuilding response of the escapement indicator 

 stocks is inconsistent with expectations. There has 



