I have always maintained that treaties are upheld by federal law. Also that the decline in fish runs is not do solely on the fishing practices of native-americans. Environmental factors, overfishing by commercial and recreational fisherman, dams, inferior hatchery clones spawning with wild stock...are several reasons. My beef with the native-american fisheries is (though it is their right) that the tribes, that don't need to exercise their rights (do to monies generated from other sources), exercise their rights on rivers that (in my opinion) cannot take the pressure of gillnet fisheries. If these tribes are stewards of the land then, step away from the net fishing when it is not monetarily necessary. I am not saying that native-americans are the only reason for declines, and I feel everyone has to do their part.
But frankly I would like to see everyone do their part or at least make a gesture.-m