I think the question becomes what actually is the non-treaty share? Surely its quite a bit less than 50% of the harvest. What is our allowable impact on Stilly wild fish? It should be 4.5% but if you work the WDFW tools backwards we are really being allowed MAYBE 3%. The real numbers for chinook harvest are kept obscured just enough to pull the wool over everyone's eyes.

Look at the WDFW supplied coho impact model spreadsheet. If the Snohomish coho are such a concern what are treaty fishers allowed over 16,000 fish and reducing river escapement to 40,000, well below the 55,000 rebuilding plan goal? Meanwhile non-treaty fishers get a 2,500 fish impact. Hardly a 50/50 split. This same story repeats to a similar extent on every river.

We are constantly told we need to cut our fisheries to reduce impact when our impact is only 20-35% of the SUS harvest. The whole NOF show is just insulting and it's all just spit in our face every year.

I could go on and on but it's just tiring and infuriating. Its so obvious we get what the tribes allow us, the state has ZERO leverage and they know it.