There is a recent episode of "rugged justice" that has a Puyallup tribal member (a member of the Mills family, the group that has taken over Franks' Landing) with over 250 crab 24 hours after their season closed. The officer contacted tribal enforcement who showed up and agreed, and confiscated crab. Tribal officer stated that there also were a number of apparently undersized males. I don't know the outcome, (prob. nothing was done) but when I ran into this individual (whom I have known since he was 12) and confronted him, his response was that Indians get picked on by state enforcement and when I said ALL poachers are scum and should be arrested, white, red, purple, whatever, I got a load of crap about the "fact" that they have a "right" to fish, and we are not "co-managers", we don't have any rights. This individual has been a thief and poacher all his life, and his "Uncle Billy" is spinning in his grave right now (he also was a victim of theft by this individual a number of years ago. So much for family loyalty).
The co-operation and common cause that co-managers enjoyed 30 plus years ago that helped our salmon recover after the crash in the '80's is long gone with the current generation of tribal leaders that are more interested in lining their own pockets then future generations of anyone besides their own families. I was a strong proponent of co-operation between state and tribal leaders for 30 years, but things have gotten past the point of any meaningful interaction other then confrontation. Future looks as bad for them as it does for us, this hard-line attitude will do their people little good in the long run. There are a lot of folks who fish recreationally and for food, fostering bad will always makes for losers ultimatly. Their future generations will suffer for their greed as will ours... Bob R