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THE NORTHERN BODNDARY AREA 



Annex IV, Chapter 2 establishes a regime for fisheries in 

 the boundary area between northern British Columbia and south- 

 eastern Alaska, near the United States-Canadian maritime boundary 

 in Dixon Entrance. The Parties are committed to management 

 measures designed to manage interceptions in these mixed origin 

 and extremely volatile fisheries,' without significantly affecting 

 each country's ability to harvest its own stocks. In such 

 fisheries, any limitation on interceptions may limit the ability 

 of either U.S. or Canadian fishermen to harvest their own 

 country's salmon- For its part, the United States is committed 

 to ensuring that our fishermen continue to fully harvest 

 available U.S. stocks in this area. 



SOUTHERN COHO 



The United States and Canada recognize that improved 



management and conservation measures must be developed for coho 



salmon harvested by fisheries in Washington and southern British 



\ o Columbia. in Annex IV, Chapters 4 and 5, the Parties agree to limit 



annual Canadian harvests off the west coast of Vancouver Island 



to 1.75 million coho for 1985 and 1986. There is a compensatory 



adjustment in the U.S. catches of Eraser River sockeye. 



In addition, in Chapter 5, the Parties agree to reciprocal 

 extensions for 1985 of recent management actions. A Joint Coho 

 Technical Committee is to be established to develop information 



