If I'm not mistaken, the government as well as some special interest groups have raised the question simply paying the tribes to not net...... The tribes responded with a polite yet firm "F**k You". They hold the position that the netting isn't simply about money, that it's part of what defines who they are. I tend to disagree. I do think that it is about money for most tribal netters, I also believe that a little bit of why the tribes refuse to take the nets out no matter what is that they have treaty rights and they are going to exercise those rights at all costs. Even if it means destroying the very thing that defines the Pacific Nothwest Tribes as a people. As long as we're talking about treaty rights........ We could force the Tribes to the bargaining table if we could ever elect someone with the balls to do it. If congress can re- interperet the constitution of our United States, then it can certainly re-interperet a few lousy treaties. These treaties, like all legal documents, were made to be re-negotiated. Let's elect somebody to office who will look into this and take some action. We as sportsmen have two options where tribal netting is concerned; We can ***** on this BB about it and do nothing, or we can ***** on this BB and then go do something about it. Write your congressman, join a special interest group, hell, even sneaking down to the river and floating hay bales or rail road ties into the nets shows some kind of action on our part (This is illegal and likely to get you shot....Do it at your own risk) If we don't do SOMETHING, we won't have any body to blame but ourselves.