The Bureau of Indian Affairs is publishing in the Federal Register July 15, 1982, regulations governing treaty Indian fishing · for sockeye and pink salmon in Fraser River waters coming under the Convention between the United States and Canada.
The regulations are designed to be consistent with the United States' obligations to Canada under the Fraser River Convention and with the obligation to the treaty tribes to provide the opportunity to catch one-half of the United States' share of the fish.
To allow the affected tribes to exercise their treaty fishing rights in a timely manner, these regulations are being issued on an emergency basis and are, consequently, effective upon publication.
For additional information contact Robert Ringo, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2625 Parkmont Land, Building A, Olympia, Washington 98502, (206/753-9460).
