3.5 Canada stated that the restrictions maintained on the exportation of unprocessed sockeye and
pink salmon and herring constituted an integral part of a complex and longstanding system of fishery
resource management. This system had evolved in response to the Federal Government's domestic
and international responsibility for the conservation, allocation, management and development of the
sea coast fisheries of Canada. More specifically, the restrictions were an integral part of the conservation
and management programme for herring and pink and sockeye salmon. They were not per se
conservation measures for the fish species in question, although they had some important conservation
effects.