I'm a little confused what this fishery has to do with treaty tribes.

American Shad are a non-native species to Washington and Oregon as are largemouth, smallmouth, walleye, crappie, bluegill and yellow perch.

I certainly understand tribal fishermen and non-tribal commercial fishermen wanting to be able to develop a commercial fishery for shad for their economic benefit.

If developing a fishery no matter what type of gear is used results in more netting effort on the Columbia, I question the wisdom of it.