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However, so great was the success of restoration and conservation that the actual 

 runs of sockeye during that eight-year period far exceeded expectations. The ironic 

 consequence for the United States was that the aggregate catch limit produced a share of 

 only 16.4% of the TAC for U.S. fishermen. Catches of pinks by the U.S. did not reach the 

 ceiling for that species. Thus, the U.S. harvest of the far more valuable of the two species 

 fell much below the share anticipated by the parties in the negotiation of the Treaty and 

 failed to reflect historical and continuing contributions to the fisheries by the United 

 States. In short, we failed to negotiate a management scheme that would ensure our 

 enjoyment of the share to which we were entitled. 



That was not the only disappointment. The U.S. had agreed to reduced harvests 

 of Fraser River salmon under the Pacific Salmon Treaty, particularly for the second four- 

 year period, principally to secure a reduction of Canadian interceptions of Washington- 

 bound salmon. However, after winning this U.S. concession in the negotiations, Canada 

 did not curtail its fisheries on Pacific Northwest salmon stocks of particular conservation 

 concern to the United States. Rather, Canada established new commercial and 

 recreational fisheries that were not subject to the effective constraints of the Treaty 

 annexes. Therefore, the US paid an economic price all out of proportion to the benefits 

 it actually received in relation to limits on Canadian interceptions of U.S. -origin salmon, 

 and suffered a further economic loss that paralleled the cost associated with the earlier 

 Canadian strategy of fishing outside the Fraser River Convention area. We had failed to 

 learn from history that Canada would exploit any possible loophole to our great 

 disadvantage. 



The U.S. also continued to sustain a management burden which was 

 disproportionate to the harvest of Fraser River salmon and the hoped-for, but not 

 delivered, Canadian restraint in the interception of U.S. salmon. The U.S. provided more 



