While none of us knows the inner workings of individual tribal management/enforcement programs I think it is safe to say that certain tribes have (for non-tribal members) some serious issues.

http://komonews.com/news/local/accused-crab-poachers-arrested-in-marysville

http://nwsportsmanmag.com/headlines/dish...-investigation/

Remember that Hatch was a natural resource manager for the Tulalips.

And then there was the big sting operation in Bellingham involving Lummi tribal crabbers and undocumented/illegal buyers.

Why did the Nisqually tribe decide to stop negotiating and agreeing to a set amount of crab out of MA 13? Well, one answer is derived by the fact that in 2012 and 2013 they grossly exceeded their agreed upon poundage and were castigated for not controlling those fisheries. Easy solution; just don't agree to anything and crab until they are gone.

And those are the ones we know about......

So, with that track record and a lack of transparency into the tribal judicial system we are left with the "if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it is probably a duck."