Directly, no, BAN won't touch them ... indirectly ... you bet!!

First off it is going to place an awful lot of political pressure on them ... in the light of all the media coverage of the decline of the salmon, if the the white commercials are halted ... they'll be the only ones left commercially harvesting fish ... they're going to look awfully bad to keep harvesting at anywhere close to the current levels ... this may take awhile, but you watch ... a lot more fish are going to return with the commercials out of the water ... while some areas will not see much of an increase, there will be many areas that see lots more fish make it back, and what are all the "habitat destruction" supporters going to say then???

Additionally, it is going to take the white "heavy harvest" mentality away and perhaps pave the road for new management objectives ... remember, we are suppossed to be co-managers ... without the commercials involved, they very well may be a restructuring of how many fish we want in the rivers ... in which case, if these goals are higher than currently set, then they get less ... period, again, remember that they only get half the harvestable fish.

As to the tribes doing more ... hah! perhaps they are on the east side, but not around here ... in fact, it was the Quillayute tribe that forced the guides' association to cut back Snider Creek plants from 100,000 to 50,000 ... that spells out l-e-s-s f-i-s-h i-n t-h-e r-i-v-e-r! Even if there are a few areas where "they are" ... they aren't ... it is government grants and state money paying for these "Tribal Efforts" ... still sounds like you and me doing it!

And I have to agree with dcrzfitter ... in my book, I will never spend a dime at a tribal enterprise of any sort until the nets come out ... period! No gambling, no smokes, no fireworks, no fish products ... notice the lack of La Push accommodations on my accommodations section ...