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was an active participant in the negotiation of the Pacific Salmon Treaty and has remained 

 closely involved with the negotiations for new annexes to the Treaty. 



The Dispute 



The US -Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty, which entered into force in 1985, 

 provides for the conservation and equitable allocation of Pacific salmon which originate in 

 the waters of one Party and are intercepted in the waters of the other Party. Treaty 

 annexes, which set forth the specific regimes for each intercepting fishery, have expired. 



The 1993/94 negotiations within the Pacific Salmon Commission, and between 

 high-level officials of the United States and Canadian Governments, to establish new 

 regimes have not succeeded. Canada has maintained that U.S. interceptions are grossly 

 excessive in relation to Canadian interceptions, and that the "equity principle" of the 

 Treaty requires substantial short- and long-term reductions in the catches of Canadian 

 salmon by U.S. fishermen. Canada seeks these reductions especially in one or both of two 

 areas, northern Puget Sound (the Fraser River salmon fishery) Southeast Alaska (the 

 "Northern Boundary Area" salmon fishery). Canada has also maintained that its Treaty 

 obligation to contribute to the conservation of weak U.S. salmon stocks (coho and 

 Chinook) is conditioned on acceptance by the United States of Canadian proposals for the 

 immediate and future implementation of the equity principle, by way of reduced 

 interceptions of Canadian salmon. 



The United States has replied that it does not concur with the Canadian calculation 

 of interceptions and is not obligated by the equity principle to reduce interceptions in the 

 manner and to the extent demanded by Canada. The United States has further responded 



