Salmon agreement reached between Canada and USA

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The always controversial nature of the Pacific Salmon Treaty focused on conservation this time around as Canada and the USA signed on for a ten year term, a period of time which will see the U.S. provide compensation of over $30 million based on the anticipated dramatic decrease in harvest rates for salmon stocks in B. C., mainly in the form of chinook stocks off the coast of Vancouver Island.

With the goal of sustainability as the keyword in the current phase of negotiations, the results of the treaty will be watched with interest to see if the two nations, which frequently disagree on matters of the salmon fishery have reached the right balance…

(from  the blog a town called podunk, click on the link below to see the entire article atowncalledpodunk.blogspot.com/2 … 2528551897 )-

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Is this news???the agreement was reached last summer.

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I think the story is the ratification of the treaty only took place last week, with the two treaty commissions Canada and the USA, putting the final signatures on the agreement which renews the PST, the previous arrangement comes to an end this month.

Without the ratification vote and approval then the treaty would have come to an end, so I guess that would be the story, the ratification was formalized and put in place.

This story from the Nanaimo Daily News fleshes out some more of the details for you.

canada.com/nanaimodailynews/ … ea0997f55c