| Media Note Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC April 5, 2001 The United States and Canada Successfully Conclude Yukon River Salmon NegotiationsRepresentatives of the United States and Canada successfully ended sixteen years of negotiations on Yukon River salmon during the week of March 26, 2001. The negotiations took place March 26 - 30, 2001, in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. Stetson Tinkham, Senior Fisheries Officer for the Department of State, led the U.S. delegation, while the Canadian delegation was led by Amos Donohue of the Department of Justice. Following productive negotiations, the delegations prepared and initialed the text of a Yukon River Salmon Agreement that addressed all conservation and management issues, including harvest shares. While the Whitehorse text will be reviewed in Washington and Ottawa before the final agreement is signed, the delegations agreed that their intent was to apply the elements of the initialed text as soon as possible for organizational and planning purposes. The Yukon River Panel, to be established, will meet this fall to resume management recommendations. The Panel advises the United States and Canadian Governments on conservation and management of the salmon originating in the Canadian portion of the Yukon River. [end] |
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