Sooner or later a federal judge will drop the hammer on marine mixed stock fisheries with the words " you shall stop " It is not if but rather when. The Orca thing might be the perfect tool to accomplish that. There will always be the slightly dignified brawl between the NT and tribal fishers terminal and off the coast. It is not the tribes fault that NT side ( us ) are represented by ..............ah...........less than effective people. The problem exist in agreements that are multi state and international with BC within a federal framework. I seriously doubt that Governor Green Jeans would ever stand up to the feds and frankly our two senators likely only know a salmon from photos. As I see the problem it is the Orca lawsuit or the tribes that will break up the cabal that runs ocean harvest that is wiping out fish stocks. I am a pragmatist and put aside my own prejudices when I look for a solution to the problem.

Off the soapbox.