50 % seems fairly reasonable. If the Canadian Government would offer the tribes here 50% of the TAC I think a lot of tribes would be quite happy with that. It would bring in some extra income to mostly low-income families

I think the biggest mistaken conception is still that this is “common” fisheries that were talking about. At least here in Canada and I don't know if it is true in the US also that the access to Salmon has been set out by the Supreme Court of Canada (the highest court in our land) that the access to fish stocks are as follows:
1 Conservation
2 Native Food, Social, and Cerimonial fisheries.
3 Sporty's
4 Commercial

Here in Canada it is still up to debate how the treaty tribes are to be dealt with. I have a feeling that my cousins across the strait signed the same treaty as my own tribe, in which it states we are free to carry on our fisheries as formally. This means unlimited access to the resources second only to conservation. We here have never signed any agreements to diminish these rights, yet virtually no one practises these rights for fear of being subjected to prosecution. There has to be some common ground found for everyone’s sake and especially for the sake of our fish stocks. And that actually brings up a bigger question..?

Time for a brief editorial...lol
There is obviously a growing demand for fish as all of our population grows. So the obvious thing to me would be why not make more fish. With the technology available today it would be no problem for us to pump up production of almost all species of shellfish and finfish. However, I feel it is actually the Commercial industry that is somewhat responsible... here is my theory... If we had say 1 million fish returning to every river and creek... I mean wall to wall fish... and commercial fisherman were called in to catch them because there were just too many fish...What do you think that would do to the price of fish on the open market. A backlog of fish would definitely mean lower market prices. I feel that the management of our fish stocks is based a large part on market driven morals. And both the natives and the Sporty’s are caught somewhere in the midst.

Let me just end my discussion on this topic. There is no easy solution to the problems we all face with our stocks. Maybe eventually we will all find a way to work together to find solutions to the many complex issues that surround our fisheries, but I hope it doesn’t take the total collapse of fish stocks to do it.

“I bet it’s a tough life being a fish”