State, tribal and federal officials alike expressed optimism that a
negotiated agreement reached last week would help settle long-standing
differences over the conservation and harvest of Pacific salmon.
The agreement changes the method by which many of the Pacific salmon
harvest quotas are set from a static “ceiling” to an annual calculation
based on the predicted abundance of fish. The agreement also brings concessions
from U.S. and Canadian fishers on how many fish they “intercept” …
