In a joint statement, the European Union, Canada and the United States recognized the significant progress made towards enhancing monitoring and control of the wild Atlantic salmon fishery at West Greenland, but highlighted that more work remains to be done in order to achieve consensus on a total catch limit. They reiterated their commitment to continue working with Denmark (in respect of Faroe Islands and Greenland) with a view to mutually agree in the near future on a comprehensive regulation to manage this mixed-stock fishery according to the scientific advice of  the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), so to collectively address further threats to wild Atlantic salmon, which face extinction in some states of origin.

NASCO is a Regional Fishery Management Organisation formed by a treaty in 1984 with the objective to conserve, restore and rationally manage wild Atlantic salmon stocks. It is the only intergovernmental organisation with this mandate which it implements through international consultation, negotiation and co-operation. Its members are Canada, Denmark (in respect and the Faroe Islands and Greenland), EU, Norway, Russia and the United States.