A Pacific salmon fishing agreement reached late last week between U.S.
and Canadian negotiators aims to provide trade-offs that quell longstanding
arguments about major salmon “intercepting fisheries” and aid recovery
by setting harvest limits which rise and fall along with fish populations.
Under the new agreement, harvest quotas will be replaced by “abundance-based”
regimes that adjust harvest levels for salmon stocks annually based on
specific stocks’ population forecasts. The intent is
