Here goes the whole truth & nothing but the truth.I only speak for the muckleshoots&the green duwamish system.The tribal bios.meet with the state&look at spawner numbers from the 3 to4 years prior along with the flooding that may have occurred.From that they get the conservative run size(our policy is if were gonna err we err on the side of the resource)this year that number was 596 fish split that 298 for state 298 for tribe.In the pre-season agreement there is a drop dead date after which no netting will take place usually feb.15th.Although it could be earlier.To answer your ? about why only the fisherman can answer you i guess.I fish for salmon but not the ironheads.And yes i fish to make money.Kore to answer your? about monitoring we along with state bios sample everyday of the season.I would say we get at least 95% of the total catch for the season.If there are,nt very many fish the fishery closes itself because nobody goes fishing.Any more questions just ask.I wish it was,nt so long i can,t type for s***!!!