Paper numbers always benefit the first in line. If the Tribe's continue to insist on going first then WDFW should push for equitable adjustment. In that case, catches at the end of the season must balance, unless one side still had harvestable but chose not to fish.

To the managers it doesn't really matter what CPUE is, just catch. If you or I won't go when the likelihood is catching only 1 or 2 but those are harvestable it becomes "our" choice. While you may not crab for 1 or 2, somebody else might. We have cumulative shares, and all WDFW cares about is what the final total is.

Obviously, though, with the apparent demise of crab in some areas there needs to be much better numbers and a significant improvement in the understanding of crab biology and population dynamics.

I find it greatly disappointing that, after (what) 90 years of managing crab we still have such bad numbers to manage with.