Just two points: The 50 split on allocation doesn't go much further than the Boldt decision. It hasn't every really been put into place in any area. Both sides just use it as a weapon of last resort if things get to far out of hand. For example, even though Boldt doesn't even apply to the Columbia River, tribes catch less than 15 percent of the coho returning to the Hood Canal. The sport openings far outweigh the tribal openings for that run.

Also, the simple fact of the matter is that tangle net just DON'T WORK. Read the research paper that backs up the WDFW press release on this issue. The test fisheries in the South Sound and by the Suquamish off of Seattle caught far less fish overall in the tangle nets than they did in the regular nets. It would then logically follow that the tangle nets caught less natives. And, the process of keeping alive non target fish is so larbor intensive, it would be hard to imagine in a real commercial fishery.

Here is a shortcut to the study: http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/fish/commercial/selective/tangleprogress1.htm