cohoangler - I read your post a bunch of times and it's starting to sink in. I'm learning alot here! The problem with education is it tends to deflate my righteous anger

From that perspective, I can see why tribes would think they should get their allocation before ESA is applied. They pre-dated us and think they are not responsible for fish being ESA listed anyway.

Non-tribal anglers (like myself) by default just assume that ESA (or any conservation-related measure) always comes first for any user group.

Add in the "values" and the fundamental divisions are huge.

Still...begs the question...how can tribes claim to be conservation focused (and that we are not) when they don't think ESA limitations apply to them?