As Larry tangentially alludes to, fish (especially wild fish) are a luxury. After everyone is fed, watered, housed, electrified, provided a car and roads to drive on and all the other stuff then we will see what's left for fish.

I know that the Tribes get bashed (and often deservedly so) for a harvest them all mentality but if you noticed the State's argument in a couple of court cases that it is the right of the State to destroy fish runs if it is in the best interest of society. The Tribes are, for better or for worse, the only conservation hammer that gets used.

I can see the day coming when only Tribal fishing will be allowed for WA salmonids because the state has chosen to take its harvest as development.