I think it still gets back to the whole issue of Boldt II. The Tribes are guaranteed Dead Fish in the Boat. Not the right to net empty waters. That means that they control, to some point, all development. Look at how hard the State fought the Culvert Decision, even arguing before the Supremes that the State has the right to extirpate salmon for progress. State lost.

If the Tribes get pushed too hard, they have the option to tie up all development/growth in the state. The Political Class and Business Class have realized that the risk to the State's economy from pushing to hard (say for equal sharing, to pick an example at random) is too great.

We can get pissed off at the Commission and WDFW but they are just following orders and I doubt that a change in leadership from the "Blue environmentalists" to the "Red environmental destroyers" will change one thing in fish management.