The requirement to immediately record a retained catch starts the accountability process for recreational fishers. Failure to record puts one at risk of a citation and repeat offenses could lead to loss of license to include future years. Are there folks who intentionally don't record? Probably, but they are IMHO a small minority. Then there is the issue of getting the CRCs submitted timely.

I know for a fact that WDFW spent considerable time and money chasing down folks who had obtained a P.S. crab endorsement and did not return their CRCs. Not only were they able to calculate a harvest figure for those non-returned CRCs they also found that the harvest rate was substantially lower than for those who returned their CRCs. Again, there are always a few who intentionally do not report but how significant is that number?

On the other hand the tribal fishers from certain tribes appear to have little risk associated with non-reporting. Hard to believe that there is accountability when the tribal resource manager is caught crabbing illegally and any tribal action is kept from the general public.

So exactly how does our Federal Government which signed the treaties for its citizens ensure that the tribes and their members adhere to the Boldt decision and subsequent Federal court rulings?