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STATEMENT BY 



HONORABLE THEODORE G. KRONMILLER 



BEFORE THE 



SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE 



CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT 



COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES 



February 25, 1985 



Mr. Chairman: 



I appreciate the opportunity to appear before the 

 Subcommittee to testify on H.R. .JL093, a bill to implement the 

 U.S. -Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty. For the past two years, it 

 was my honor, to serve as the United States negotiator for the 

 treaty. 



Last week, I appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations 

 Committee to urge advice and consent of the Senate to 

 ratification of the Treaty. I was pleased to do so with the 

 strong and widespread support of the affected States, treaty 

 Indian tribes, and commercial and sports fishermen. 



A detailed description of the Treaty is found in my 

 testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. I would 

 like to request that those remarks be included in this hearing 

 record . 



Mr. Chairman, the Administration strongly supports H.R. 

 1093 and believes that no changes are necessary for the United 

 States to implement the Treaty. It is a matter of record that 

 non-federal members of the U.S. Delegation to the treaty 

 negotiations seek only minor, fiscal amendments. 



The negotiations began fifteen years ago. As the talks 

 proceeded, the United States confronted an internal negotiation 



