From what I have read, the state can cancel any fishery, including tribal fisheries, in the name of conservation. Whether they can do that unilaterally for an imbalance is questionable, but I am fairly sure that they could petition the courts for an immediate closure or insist on a reallocation the next year. If nothing else, the state needs to read the ending on the Centennial accord and reinstate the Fisheries Advisory Board and follow that path if the tribes refuse to negotiate at the pre season meetings.. Almost all of the problems that are coming up have been addressed in the courts in the past, the state and the department of fisheries just refuses to flex their muscles at all. There should be no real threat of a suit by the tribes, because it is already established case law. Saying there is nothing that can be done is simply untrue. It just that the state is unwilling to do anything.