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The Commission and Panels will have the responsibility to develop 

 regimes for fisheries in which the fishermen of one country 

 intercept Pacific salmon spawned in the rivers of the other, and 

 to establish Eraser River fisheries regulations corresponding 

 generally to those now developed by the International Pacific 

 Salmon Fisheries Commission. 



H.R. 1093 identifies the roles of the Federal Government, 

 the States of Washington, Oregon, and Alaska, the treaty Indian 

 tribes, and the commercial and recreational fishing sectors. The 

 bill also identifies how decisions will be taken by the United 

 States section of the Commission and Panels. 



As you might expect, these matters are of great importance 

 to those concerned in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Most of 

 the domestic salmon fisheries regulation that will be required by 

 the Treaty will relate to fisheries now under State or tribal 

 management. It is a natural that those authorities insist that 

 their management responsibilities not be supplanted by decisions 

 of the Federal Government. On the other hand, it is reasonable 

 that the Federal Government make certain that the United States 

 can meet its obligations under the Treaty. The bill which has 

 been introduced strikes an ideal balance of these legitimate 

 interests. 



H.R. 1093 leaves it entirely to the States and the treaty 

 Indiain tribes to regulate the fisheries s ubject to their 

 jurisdiction in a manner consistent with our bilateral Treaty 

 obligations. At the same time, the bill provides the Federal 



