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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

• Salmon Treaty must do more to protect wild salmon: Scientific review needed to ensure conservation objectives are met (.pdf) February 11, 2008 News Release from the David Suzuki Foundation, The Wild Salmon Center and Trout Unlimited (members of the Pacific Salmon Treaty Reform Coalition/PST Coalition)
  
  
• Evaluating the Pacific Salmon Treaty as a Vehicle for Sustainable, Conservation-Based Salmon Management (.pdf) Proceedings from an independent scientific workshop held January 4, 2007, requested by Trout Unlimited, the Wild Salmon Center, and the David Suzuki Foundation (members of the Pacific Salmon Treaty Reform Coalition/PST Coalition)

• Pacific Salmon Treaty Reform Coalition Response to the Panel Report (.pdf)
  
  
• Go to the Pacific Salmon Commission's website www.psc.org to learn more about the PST, access reports and documents and stay informed about upcoming meetings and workshops.  Also, contact the Pacific Salmon Commission with your questions at info@psc.org / 604.684.8081.