Something to ponder and think about: If the two year moratorium went through there would of have been minimal doubt that the state would of had to take the Hoh tribe to court to settle this issue once and for all.

Why do you think the tribes were so against the mortorium? Fear of public resentment, the possibility of going to court and looking greedy going after the sports anglers 50% when we are trying to put the conservation hat on. But since the we caved to a one fish limit it let the state off the hook going to court.

I am surprised that the opposition to the moratorium were not PO'd that the tribe had the power to bully us and tell us what we are allowed to do with the sports share. Instead they choose to make strange bedfellows. In short, the fish lost.