If we go back to Hoh v. Baldridge the NI fishery (ocean?) would have to be closed before QIN would be subject to what used to be called a conservation closure. If there are any harvestable fish entering US waters they need to be split 50:50 between state and Tribes. That would mean that a tribal ocean troll fishery could cork the QINs. If there are no "harvestable" entering US waters and the NI takes some then the practice has been to let the tribes take as many (balance allocations) and let the escapement take it in the shorts.