Getnsnapper,

I've thought about this. If the preseason run forecast is off by a huge amount, the contract should prescribe a continuance to the next or subsequent seasons, i.e., carryover. Also, the contract can anticipate uncertainty, and in its first years would be for a specified number of fish. To use your example, if the run is projected to have a harvestable number of 10,000, and then ends up being 50,000 - knowable through in-season runsize updates, no matter. Our contract was for 5,000 fish. The tribe is still entitled to do whatever they want with their half of the additional 40,000. Likely they would want to sell those to us as well, since we could probably offer a higher price for them as recreational catch than the commercial buyers would.

My goal: for every reason offered why this won't work, counter-offer with a reason, or reasons, why it could work.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.