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Originally posted by Todd:
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By my plan, the tribes would have two choices, if they want to use the treaty as it's written, they have to make do with their traditional methods. However, they can make use of all the modern equipment they want, but then, they'd have to play by the same rules as the rest of us.
They cannot be made to do this. How do you get them to go along with your plan?

Fish on...

Todd
Obviously they would have to be taken back to court. Realistically it probably wouldn't work, but I think it works logically. Personally, I've never read the entire Boldt decision so if I'm wrong, then this wouldn't work, but to the best of my knowledge, the treaty (and possibly the decision) does not guarantee the tribes the right to specifically use gill nets. It would seem to me, that even the state government could tell the tribes they can still target their fish wherever/whenever, they just have to use a different means because the tribes weren't guranteed that right (again, to my knowledge). The tribes would still have the right and opportunity to kill all the fish, they'd just have to come up with another means to do so.