The fish orginate in Canada. The Americans catch salmon left alone by the Canadians so that they'll return to spawn in Canadian waters. If the Americans continue to take the fish, the result will be no salmon for either the Canadians or Americans. This has already happened with Coho salmon.
The fish orginate in Canada. The Americans catch salmon left alone by the Canadians so that they'll return to spawn in Canadian waters. If the Americans continue to take the fish, the result will be no salmon for either the Canadians or Americans. This has already happened with Coho salmon.
Fish do not carry passports, they have no nationality. If they didn't feed in our waters they would never return to spawn -- why doesn't that make them "American" fish? A lot of the salmon spawn in U.S. rivers, but where they spawn is not an issue. The population of wild animals is not limited exclusively by the ability to spawn. Food supply has more to do with it than anything.
And the "overfishing" was done as much by Canadian fisherman as U.S. If you want a fishing treaty there are better ways to go about it than by blockading boats. Glen Clark was using this issue to exploit anti-American hostility for his own political purposes.