No individual user group has the right or power to claim Salmon/Steelhead or any natural resource as an entitlement,, not via treaty or by a court order ...

These resources belong to the people because they are essential to life as we know it collectively...

Having naturally/supplemented abundant salmon/steelhead runs freely accessible for the purpose subsistence is the most positive possible circumstance for all the peoples of the Pacific Northwest and is vital to food and environmental security...

The key is to classify Salmon/Steelhead as a vital resource as food/energy/fertilizer/economic stability with all groups having equal access and opportunity...

We do not manage wild land animals as an entitlement resource for the purpose of commercial sale for profit why then should we manage wild fish any different? Managing wild fish populations for a global consumption market when the stocks are regional makes no sense... This is not sustainable as the Salmon are part of regional environmental systems and are much more valuable to food security and environmental health than for commercial exploitation/sale...