Salmo I respectfully disagree with your assessment of the treaty rights issue. The original treaty language said that the tribes should be allowed to fish "in kind" with the rest of the people. That was interpretted to mean 50% by Judge Boldt. Now a recent ruling has also given them 50% of shellfish. That is all federal law. The fact is , however, in Washington the tribes are also "co-managers" and have an equal say in setting of seasons and other regulations. The North of Falcon process is an allocation process where all user groups have a say and decisions are made as to allocations and seasons.. The tribes absolutely make up what they claim is lost ground. This is happening right now with crabbing. If the tribes don't feel they got their share they can close down other fisheries while they continue to harvest. This is supposed to be a give and take process...not necessarily a straight 50% across the board. Check out the figures for Elliott bay...That fishery was very lopsided towards the tribes...So they may get 50% overall but on an individual fishery like the Hoodsport Chum fishery they might get 80%. In fact they are ahead of the curve on most fisheries...This is a complex issue for the average working guy to spend the time to understand...Keep reading up on this because we are continually losing ground to the tribes. Don't kid yourself on the 50% deal...Join the RFA today and help stop the tide.