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should be addressed where possible through enhancement programs. 



;=rN^^ rather than through adjusting establis hed fisheries. it must be 



3^ emphasized that equity in allo cations is a nationa l obliqation and 



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must be dealt with on the national, not regional, level. 



CHINOOK FISHERY 



The severe decline in many naturally spawning Chinook 

 stocks was one of the principal driving forces behind the 

 negotiation of the Treaty. The chinook resource that is the 

 subject of this Treaty migrates from the Washington and Oregon 

 coasts into and through Canada and Alaska. Restraints on 

 Canadian and United States fishermen are required in order to 

 permit rebuilding of the depressed stocks. Annex IV provides for 

 a sharing of the burden of restrictions, while avoiding or 

 mitigating economic dislocation. 



The Annex provides for chinook harvest ceilings for 1985 

 and 1986 for particular areas, as follows: 



For the United States ; 



Southeast Alaska (all gear) 263,000 



For Canada ; 



Northern and Central British 



Columbia (all gear) 263,000 



West Coast of Vancouver Island 



(troll) 360,000 



Strait of Georgia (sport and troll) 275,000 



