YUKON RIVER PANEL

The Yukon River Panel is an international advisory body, composed of fishers and users of Yukon River salmon resources from the U.S. and Canada, who make recommendations to management entities on both sides of the border concerning the conservation and management of salmon originating in Canada... Management of Pacific salmon has long been a matter of common concern to the United States and Canada. In 2001, after many years of negotiation, the Yukon River Salmon Agreement was signed and it represented an international commitment to the restoration, conservation and management of salmon upon which Yukon River communities depend. The Yukon River Panel is the body formed by the governments of Canada and the United States to implement the Yukon River Salmon Agreement... Established under the Yukon River Salmon Agreement, The Yukon River Panel is an international advisory body comprised of 12 individuals from the U.S. and Canada who are fishers and users of the Yukon River salmon..

Primary location: Vancouver Canada