We may have to stop leaning on laws and traditions from 200 years ago and update things a bit. Stop worrying about what the "founding fathers" did and said and stop trying to put a 21st century interpetation on amn 18th century treaty. No way was the intent of the treaties in the 1800s to allow the lopsided harvest of fish and shellfish that we see today. And it is getting more ridiculous all the time.

JG..my reference to a religious icon was directed at how the tribes fall back on salmon as a religious symbol or a ceremonial icon. Not that anyone interested in saving wild fish worshipped them as an icon...I'm all for the release of all wild fish as soon as we can tell the difference across the board.