As I opined on the other thread the amount of money WDFW gets from the PS endorsement should be sufficient to yield meaningful annual stock assessments for each management area. Of course, the tribes should come up with their half of the cost....and the NT commercial fleet needs to pay their fair share or simply get off the water.

My perspective is that using a running five year average may be okay when the crab population and mix is stable but on a downturn of the cycle that methodology leads to overestimation of the harvestable poundage which means overestimation of the tribes "half" and the State's "half." Unfortunately, when tribal crabbers have first opportunity they fish toward that "half" even extending their seasons in an attempt to achieve that harvest number. The problem is that their "half" may well be more than half of the actual harvestable poundage meaning the State gets shorted.

Now, as to recreational crabber violations. Sure, on the water violations happen when 30% are new every year and, yes, there are also some intentional violators. That said, the State does have active enforcement on the water and does write up tickets which are adjudicated in a public manner.

Can that be said of the tribes? No! So, for the tribes I challenge you to open up your own proceedings before criticizing the State and its crabbers.