Originally Posted By: OncyT
You know, I worked in this field for 30 years, and it has never been the job of the state to take care of the tribes nor the other way around, except of course all those years that the state took such great care of the tribes before the Boldt decision. I did sometimes hear some state staff talking about how one option or another might actually prove to be a benefit to a tribe. All those comments ever did was alert you to the fact that this person was about to try to screw you somehow. The state manages its fisheries. The tribes manage their fisheries. That is co-management. If you want help from the tribes in managing your fisheries properly, they will look just like the tribes' fisheries.


The only "help" I want is for treaty parties not to take more than their share (even if they can get away with it!).