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DRAFT II INTRODUCED BY: Roehl
PROPOSED BY: Roehl
DATE: Sept. 20. 1984
RESOLUTION NO. 84 -49
A RESOLUTION OF THE WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
DECLARING ITS STRONG DISAPPROVAL OF ANY
SALMON MANAGEMENT TREATY WHICH WOULD REVISE
THE CURRENT DIVISION OF THE FRASER RIVER
SALMON RESOURCE
WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Council is the legislative body
of Whatcom County, and
WHEREAS, the governments of the United States and Canada have
been involved in negotiations, the purpose of which being the
eventual adoption of a new or amended treaty regarding the
management of the Pacific Salmon resource, including conservation
measures necessary to protect depressed chinook and vulnerable
coho and other salmon stocks, and
WHEREAS, these negotiations to date have failed to suffi-
ciently recognize and protect the management and division principle'
set forth in the existing Fraser River salmon treaty ratified by
the United States and Canada in 1937, as amended in 1957, and
WHEREAS, this failure has resulted in treaty proposals which
would drastically shift the traditional and historic 50 -50 split
of the Fraser River sockeye and pink salmon resource between the
United States and Canada and which would eliminate or severely
curtail the management authority and ability of the International
Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission, and
WHEREAS, this shift holds the clear prospect of virtually
eliminating the Puget Sound reef net, gillnet and purse seine
fishing industry together with its associated processing industry
which have existed for most of a century, and
WHEREAS, the survival of this industry is a matter of extreme
economic import to Whatcom County and to all communities bordering
RESOLUTION - 1.
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Puget Sound and the San Juan archipelago in that it represents a-
multi- million dollar industry in Whatcom County and Washington
State,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Whatcom County Council
as follows:
1. We strongly urge the U.S. Department of State and the
State of Washington to recognize the economic importance and impact
of the commercial salmon fishing and processing industry and to
adopt a bargaining stance in these negotiations which will perpetu-
ate and preserve the historic management and division principles
set forth in the current Fraser River salmon treaty, and
2. We further urge the U.S. Department of State and the State
of Washington to additionally pursue in these negotiations effectiv
measures necessary for the protection of depressed chinook and
vulnerable coho and other salmon stocks originating in United
States and Canadian waters, and
3. We petition all cities, counties and port authorities
bordering the San Juan archipelago and Puget Sound to declare their
strong support of these particular aspects of thetreaty negotiation
and convey such support to the United States Department of State
and the State of Washington.
PASSED this 6th day of December, 1984.
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHA OM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
ATTEST:
Carol Ebergson /
Clerk of the Council
RESOLUTION - 2.
L,;,r a-i g .- 'eo
Chair erson