Salmon know no borders...

Over 100 years of engagement...

"to prevent overfishing and provide for optimum production"

Article III, Pacific Salmon Treaty

Hells Gate, 1945

“Here the International Pacific  Fisheries Commission has built concrete and steel fishways of unique design.”

"...each party to receive benefits equivalent to the production of salmon originating in its waters"

Article III, Pacific Salmon Treaty

The Pacific Salmon Commission is the body formed by the governments of Canada and the United States in 1985 to implement the Pacific Salmon Treaty. It is our shared responsibility to conserve the Pacific Salmon in order to achieve optimum production and to divide the harvests so that each country reaps the benefits of its investment in salmon management.

Our Commissioners

The Pacific Salmon Commission is a sixteen-person body comprised of four Commissioners and four alternates each from the United States and Canada, representing the interests of commercial and recreational fisheries as well as federal, state and tribal governments.

our commissioners

2025 Larry Rutter Award Ceremony

The Pacific Salmon Commission is proud to announce that Mr. Steve Gotch is the recipient of the 2025 Larry Rutter Award in Pacific Salmon Conservation. Steve has served the Pacific Salmon Commission...

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The PSC Seminar Series

A seminar series providing the latest information on environmental variation, its effects on salmon across their life cycle, and approaches to address this variability in salmon management from both western and indigenous perspectives.

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