About the The Pacific Salmon Treaty
The United States and Canada signed the Pacific Salmon Treaty in 1985. The PST was founded on two principles: conservation and equity. The conservation principle commits the Parties to prevent overfishing and to provide for optimum production. The equity principle states that each Party receives benefits equivalent to the production of salmon originating in its waters.
The PST established the Pacific Salmon Commission to oversee the management of boundary-area fisheries. The PST worked reasonably well for several years; however, in the early 1990s, the Pacific Salmon Commission process began to unravel.
As a member of the Pacific Salmon Treaty Reform Coalition (the PST Coalition), Trout Unlimited is working to ensure that the Pacific Salmon Treaty provides for the long-term conservation of the salmon resource shared by the United States and Canada.
Learn More about the Pacific Salmon Treaty and the PST Coalition
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