Tŝilhqot’in Nation Outraged by Alaskan Commercial Fishery Threatening B.C. Bound Salmon: Calls for Immediate Review of the Pacific Salmon Treaty

Williams Lake, BC: The Tŝilhqot’in Nation is alarmed to learn about an Alaskan Commercial Fishery that is threatening salmon that are bound for British Columbia and having severe impacts on the fishing rights of the Tŝilhqot’in Nation and other First Nations in British Columbia. The Tŝilhqot’in call on Canada to establish an independent review of the Pacific Salmon Treaty and the failure by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to meaningfully represent First Nation interests, including food, social and ceremonial fishing rights, at the international table.