Well I might become a very unpopular member after I post this, but I feel there might be enough value in it that I will take the risk.

First of all it wasn't the Boldt decision that has wrecked havoc on our anadramous fisheries. Imagine your outrage if the impacts that native harvests had were equal to the impacts that dams, and non native commercial harvest had.
Sorry, but I have actually read the Treaty of Point No Point, and a few other important treaties that basically all say the same thing; Hand over 80-90 % of your land and we guarantee your right to fish, the chance to live on a remnant of your former lands, and a sack of flour. I can understand why some of them try and extract maximum value from those treaty rights.
I really believe that if white guys like myself ignore these facts, all we will end up doing is banging our heads against the wall.

Potential solution? That starts with an understanding of what everyone wants.
I want huge healthy runs of salmon and steelhead. I'm guessing so does everyone else that posts here.
And the Natives? Actually most of them are pretty clear about what they want. They want to catch fish, and make some kind of living out of it. Thats not any different then what they've been doing for thousands of years.

Maybe if sportsmens' groups cooperated directly with native counsel groups rather then through our impotent WDFW we might find some real solutions. I've seen some estimates of what the value of a steelhead is as a sport caught fish. How can we help the tribes extract some of that value (i.e money) out of fish they leave IN the river?

For example enourage them to scrap a few fireworks stands and maybe instead open up a decent tackle shop on the Skokomish. Remind them that NOT stretching gillnets across the river encourages people to spend $$ on bait and tackle.

Sorry, I am falling asleep. I worked last night and now my train of thought drifts. I hope some of this made sense. I just tend to be more of a believer in persuasion then bashing them over the head with a stick.

Lastly...yes I was nauseated when I heard about the overharvest. And yes I wanted to kick someone in the proverbial nads.

vince