Title
On the stability of the 1999 Pacific salmon treaty
Abstract
Negotiations on a Canada-US Pacific salmon treaty began in 1908 but the first comprehensive treaty was not achieved until 1985. After a short period of cooperation, the treaty was undermined by arguments over catch sharing and the failure to rebuild some important salmon stocks. A revised treaty, agreed upon in 1999, established conservation of salmon as a priority and included a side-payment, in the form of two endowment funds designed in part to appease Canadian concern over catch imbalances. In this paper, the graph model for conflict resolution is used to examine the stability of the revised salmon treaty. The assessment suggests that the treaty is stable if the side-payment is maintained or enhanced, even if both countries pursue aggressive fishing strategies. If the side-payment is not maintained, then it is likely that all groups attempt to maximize their catch and Canada seeks a renegotiation of the treaty.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1109/ICSMC.2004.1398445
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2004 IEEE International Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
aquaculture,decision support systems,government data processing,graph theory,Canada-US Pacific salmon treaty negotiation,Pacific salmon treaty stability,aggressive fishing strategy,decision support system,graph model
Endowment,Computer science,Conflict resolution,Artificial intelligence,Graph model,Fishing,International trade,Decision support system,Operations research,Stock (geology),Treaty,Machine learning,Negotiation
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
1
1062-922X
0-7803-8566-7
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
3
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Donald J. Noakes100.34
Keith W. Hipel213321.57
Liping Fang314319.37
D. Marc Kilgour4599.74