I agree with Chip. The tribes were scheduled to take a fixed portion of their quota prior to Rec season, same as always. They take the remainder in the winter. Usually they get their crab quickly (like over the course of a couple days). This year, not so. As I understand it, they experienced relatively poor crabbing, extended their season by a few days, not sure if they actually caught their entire scheduled allotment. That was obviously a really bad sign for those of us who crab in MA-10 because if the Tribes are struggling, and going first, it's not going to be any better for us. That said, unless the Tribes sensed trouble and exceeded their scheduled take (i.e. trying to take 100% of their quota up front instead of scheduled approx. 50%), which I don't think happened, then they just had a normal season but experienced similar challenges to what we are now experiencing. There are some crab around in MA-10. We had some good dinners. Just much slower than usual.