FNP -
Actually I beleive that the tribal fisheries also have to have an indidental take permit to impact the lsited fish. It is just on places like the Columbia the Feds have given the Tribes a larger portion of the allowed impacts for their fisheries. That was not the case with Puget Sound Chinook (in fact the recreational fishery often has the largest impacts on some stocks).

The fishnfool -
I just checked the escapements on the North Fork Stillaguamish and it looks like the last time it made its escapement goal was 1998. I don't beleive that the Sky has made its goal's sinces its closure either (last year might have been close). Because of the turbidities in the Nooksack I think an escapemnent estimate has been made only once so no one knows if the goal is being meant or not.

However as I pointed out earlier none of that really matters any more. With the ESA lisitng it is a whole new ball game. Until recovery goals are established and folks become comfortable with CnR impacts such fisheries are up in the air. Any such fisheries will have a directed impact on the listed stocks as opposed to incidental impacts while targeting say hatchery fish. Getting approval for directed impacts on a listed stock will require special circumstances.

It is a new era folks!

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