I understand what you are saying Todd. Tribal nets will still be in the river and they are still allowed to kill 15% of the ESA impact, nets or no nets.

My question to you is what of the impacted ESA fish that were "released" out of non-tribal gillnets as opposed to being released from purse seine gear? They just get scooped up by the tribes?

What about the extra hatchery fish taken off the spawning beds?

What about the benefits to wild steelhead and sturgeon?

What are the actual chances of convincing the treaty fisherman to switch to selective gear after successful use by the non-treaty fishermen? Even possible?

I would say that getting the non-treaty commies totally off the river (although I would applaud that) and the dams removed is just as much pie-in-the-sky as anything else proposed here.