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The Canada-United States West Coast Salmon Dispute: The Role of the Substate Units

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Ted L. McDorman
Ted L. McDorman*
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Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
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Political Subdivisions as Non-State Actors
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 92 , 1998 , pp. 345 - 349
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1998

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References

1 In regard to the international legal standing of this measure, see McDorman, Ted L., The West Coast Salmon Dispute: A Canadian View of the Breakdown of the 1985 Treaty and the Transit License Measure, 17 Loy. L. A. Int’l & Comp. L. J. 477–506 (1995)Google Scholar.

2 As of mid-1998, neither Canada nor the United States had ratified the Law of the Sea Convention.

3 For a detailed analysis of Article 66, see Williamt. Burke, The New International Law of Fisheries 151-98 (1994).

4 Pacific Salmon Treaty, Jan. 28, 1985, U.S.-Can., 99 Stat. 7.

5 Convention for the Protection, Preservation and Extension of the Sockeye Salmon Fishery in the Fraser River System, May 26, 1930, U.S.-Can., 8 U.S.T. 1058.

6 See Munro, Gordon R. & Stokes, Robert L., The Canada-United States Pacific Salmon Treaty, in Canadian Oceans Policy: National Strategies and the New Law of the Sea 24–25 (McRae, D. & Munro, G. eds., 1989)Google Scholar.

7 The report of the mediator, Christopher Beebe, has not be made public. However, one Canadian newspaper has recounted much of the its contents. See Jeffrey Simpson, Americans Have a Lot of Vetoes When It Comes to Salmon, Toronto Globe and Mail, NOV. 27, 1997, at A24.

8 Even so, the federal government of Canada and the province of Quebec frequently have struggled regarding Quebec’s forays onto the international stage.

9 Pub. L. No. 99-5, 99 Stat. 7 (1985), codified at 16 U.S.C. sec. 3631-3644 (1997).

10 See 16 U.S.C. §§ 3632(g)(7), 3635.

11 See Stevens, Ted, United States-Canada Salmon Treaty Negotiations: The Alaskan Perspective, 16 Envt L. L. 423, 429 (1986)Google Scholar.

12 Munro, McDorman & McKelvey, supra note *.

13 David W. Strangway & William D. Ruckelshaus, Pacific Salmon Report to the Prime Minister of Canada and the President of the United States (Jan. 12, 1998).