"Aside from who gets credit for what, the issue remains how do we as sportsfishers get more money allocated to the Columbia Salmon recovery effort. The dams aren't going away, the tribes aren't going away, and the commercials aren't going away anytime soon."

Maybe its time for the co-managers to belly up to the bar?

The Tribes get half the harvest.
The Tribes vote equally in management decisions.

Why are they not ponying up some of those casino profits to cover half the research and management and recovery costs?

Hmmm! Maybe that would be too fair of a split?