When catches are divided up, the number of dead fish are what is counted. For arguments sake, let's say that there are 1,000 coho for the Tribes and 1,000 for the NI. The NI side is divided 500 to the GN and 500 to the sporties. Each side gets all their allocation.

The 10 Tribal netters average 100, the 10 NI netters average 50, and the thousand sporties average half a fish. It's a numbers game in that WDFW tries to find a way to achieve the numbers and (for recs) allow the most time on the water to do it.

You could raise the limit, move the fishery to more peak times, etc, but the effect will be to offer significantly fewer days.