Pacnw:

Clearly the system does not work. Non-tribal crabbers are getting screwed royally. That’s their perception, at least and when that many people are that unhappy something needs to be done. For that matter I believe many tribal crabbers are unhappy, if not with their haul then with the animosity the see.

I saw a tribal crabber purposely block the ramp at Quilcene for several hours. He launched his boat then took off to set his pots with the truck and trailer parked in the middle of a narrow ramp. Now I can’t say why he did what he did, but I suspect it may have had something to do with all the friction generated by what many of us see as a serious inequity.