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permitting fisheries to be prosecuted outside the agreement 

 area. Under the Pacific Salmon Treaty, the Parties must apply 

 harvest ceilings and management measures to the entire Fraser 

 River sockeye and pink fisheries (although Fraser River Panel 

 management measures apply only in the agreement area). 



Second, U.S. treaty Indian tribes are to participate 

 directly in setting the policy and management objectives of the 

 new Fraser River regime. Those tribes are to be represented not 

 only by a voting member of the U.S. section of the Commission, 

 but also by a representative on the Fraser River Panel. Direct 

 tribal participation in the Treaty will contribute to sound 

 management, and will ensure that regulations are consistent with 

 established United States treaty Indian rights and domestic 

 allocation objectives. 



In 1989, the Commission may begin to consider adjusting 

 allocations to implement the equity principle of Article III . 

 (l)(b), if that proves necessary and appropriate. Annex IV, 

 Chapter 4 prescribes two successive four-year regimes for the 

 Fraser River. The first four-year regime, 1985-88, provides the 

 United States the following sockeye catch levels (based on 

 preliminary expectations of run size): 1985, 1.78 million; 1986, 

 3.00 million; 1987, 1.06 million; and 1988, 1.16 million. These 

 levels may be adjusted to increase or decrease, based on agreed 

 changes in estimated run sizes. In the second four-year regime, 

 1989-92, the United States is entitled to a total of 7 million 



