I'm not talking about sharing impacts on listed populations. That is an entirely different critter. I am talking about managing non-listed coho, and the thought here appears to be that the shares are determined by the amount of fish the non-treaty fishery has taken. That is not how it is done. Shares are determined by knowing the run size and the escapement needs. Half of the remainder is the share. In reality though, there is no real share of Green/Duwamish coho. Rather, those fish are part of a larger bunch of fish from the South Sound Region of Origin, which includes all natural and hatchery populations south of the Snohomish system. Catch shares are actually based on all those populations, not just the Green/Duwamish.

All that has happened here is that the Tribe is now fishing on a larger run size than what was predicted pre-season. No one has provided any information to show that they are taking more than their share. They are just taking more than you.