While I understand the reasoning, I have to disagree with the methodology. The "We will stop killing Nates if they have to stop killing nates" is probably never going to be effective. If some individuals really care about ending the killing of native steelhead (I know not everyone shares this desire), then stop killing them and work on ending the sport fishing related killing.

Sportsmen have little or no political leverage in Washington, whatever seems to be popular with sprotsmen seems to get crushed at the ballot box. This "We will do it if they have to do it too" crap divided the vote about 696 and it lost. Sure it would have not effected the tribes, but it would have stopped a huge slaughter by non-tribal netters. End result? No change. Conditions can only be added to referendums, rule change requests and Bills if the group pushing them has clout. We do not have it. Hell most of us don't even vote (based on the % of people who vote as a whole). Our inaction allows them to ignore us.