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I am concerned that, if the present Administration offers and the Canadians accept, 

 concessions developed and presented in the absence of consultation with, and consent 

 from, the affected U.S. groups, the Treaty process will be destroyed by domestic political 

 dissent. I do not feel it appropriate to describe the roadmap as to how the termination of 

 the Treaty could be compelled. However, is should be evident enough that the legal and 

 political means exist to achieve that end. 



As the United States Government approaches future negotiations, it should take 

 into account several key facts. The Fraser River is healthy and productive; it is Canada's 

 goal to have its sockeye and pink salmon runs grow stronger over the years; and this can 

 only happen with the cooperation of the United States. The greatly increased abundance of 

 Fraser sockeye, resulting from the success of the U.S.-Canada rebuilding program, 

 presents a clear case for an increased U.S. share. Strictly limiting the U.S. fishery to a set 

 catch, irrespective of run size, subverts U.S. rights under the Treaty; frustrates the 

 preservation of the historical fishing pattern, by tribal and non-tribal fishermen by 

 removing flexibility from Washington fisheries managers to achieve domestic allocation 

 goals and respond to unanticipated catches in Alaska, and precludes U.S. fishermen and 

 processors from participating fairly in the benefits of fisheries to which the United States 

 has contributed, and should continue to contribute, so productively. 



The Canadians, on the other hand, take the view that their goal of greatly 

 restricting the U.S. harvest of Fraser River salmon is supported by the equity principle. 

 Canada behaves as though it believes that the language of that Article, "each Party [is] to 

 receive benefits equivalent to production of salmon originating in its waters", should be 

 interpreted to mean that Canada is entitled to harvest virturally all the available production 

 from each of its rivers. 



