Originally Posted By: AuntyM
I guess at this point, we need to be asking, should all of our fisheries be managed for tribal fisheries, regardless of the effect it has on listed stocks and future fisheries?

Sorry, but Boldt doesn't read that way. (and Todd is well aware of it) There is explicit language providing for conservation needs that have been ignored by the state and the tribes. NOAA F has facilitated the mess by their interpretation and application of the ESA. We can lobby the US Congress or we can hold NOAA F's feet to the fire. It would be wrong to do nothing and expect different results.


there were also far fewer socio-economic alternatives for tribal income when it was written. Tribal casinos were not yet a twinkle in the chief's eye in those days. That's why I asked....when the F does that mortgage ever get paid off? Or revised to a more reasonable, real-world sustainable and trackable level without the "wink wink look the other way" mentality over wasted crab, dumped carcasses etc? I mean, the very gear tribal fishers use now looks like alien technnology compared to when Boldt was written...........if they evolve the techniques to state of the art, can't the world evolve to state of the art management with all user groups given their proper, treaty-granted, scientfically calculated and carefully monitored share? Or is that too costly? Personally I get tired of the Jesse Jackson-esque "you are a racist" chants I hear whenever a logical plan is proposed that the tribes see as a change to current practice. That is too convenient.....I've already seen that movie too many times.
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