Yukon First Nations are being asked to approve an international salmon treaty.

It's taken more than 20 years to work out a deal between the U.S. and Canada on how to share salmon in the Yukon River. Now that deal depends on the approval of Yukon First Nations.

The Grand Chief of the CYFN, Ed Schultz, says the treaty isn't perfect, but he believes it's probably the best deal Canada could get.

"That they have given any concessions at all surprises me, because they usually and typically don't do that," he says. "I think that this agreement, though it isn't everything that we wanted, merits serious consideration."

Some Yukon chiefs, however, wonder about the value of a deal to share fish when there are no fish in the rivers. They also are concerned there's no compensation for people who rely on salmon for their diet.