RESTORING FRASER RIVER SALMON: A HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES COMMISSION 1937-1985. By John F. Roos.

1991 1st edition. 4to (218 x 282mm). Ppviii,448,vii[blank, notes]. B/w photographs, line illustrations, tables and graphs, bibliography. Blue cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt.

This is a detailed examination of the depletion of British Columbia's Fraser River salmon, the fishing industries depending on the species, and the measures taken to save the situation. It is also a history of the Canadian-US Pacific Salmon Commission which oversaw the work. Chapters include: The early fishery on the Fraser; Westward development; Depletion of the resource; Formation of the convention; Establishing the IPSFC; The early research program; Fishway construction; Fishery management procedures; Pink Salmon Protocol; Management of the harvest; Environmental problems and research; Watershed development proposals - protection; Enhancement; Research in recent years; Indian fisheries; Management strategies in the 1970s and 1980s; Estimating the losses; An evaluation of IPSFC contributions; Reasons for IPSFC success; Relationship with governments; The Commission; The search for a new agreement. The numerous appendices include: The 1930 convention, 1956 Protocol, Sockeye Salmon Fishery Act 1947, 1980 Amendment; Members, Directors, Assitent Directors, Advisory Committee Members; Biographies of early participants; Sockeye escapement, 1938-1985; Pink escapement, 1957-1985; Catch of Sockeye and Pink Salmon by gear, United States, Canada; Fraser River Sockeye subsistence catch, 1946-1985.