maybe some one can enlighten me, but it seems that the permit the tribe is requesting, would, in being issued, have to address many of the same issues that the department would be facing. In other words, if the tribes come up with a valid number of exploitable fish and suitable numbers for them to take no more than their 50%, how much harder would it be to piggy back on to their data. If they get a permit that agrees X number of fish are available in a select harvest area, then couldn't the state just provide a model that shows the expect sport fishery exploitation and harvest rate. If the NOAA has accepted the exploitation rate in the past, why would they not accept it now?