As was pointed out earlier in this thread as river fishermen we are the last user group for salmon harvest, so we do end up getting the shaft so to speak in some ways. This isn't the fault of tribes, but I'd say is more on WDFW and other states departments of fish and wildlife to correctly manage the stocks so that there is enough to go around. Tribes are also the last user group to get their shot so it isn't fair to single them out as the sole source of the state of salmon stocks and the lost fishing opportunity we all suffer.
Don't get me wrong, as a non-native angler I'd like nothing more than to be able to go out and catch a few salmon in the river but I also respect the treaty rights of native american tribes and think that blame should be assigned where due in a time of crisis such as this.
Before the tribes even have a shot at their allocation (50%) of the fish, salmon have to contend with commercial fishing, sport groups in the salt, international waters fleets, and sport anglers in the rivers (combined the other 50%). And that's just harvest.
On top of that warming oceans (lower productivity), pollution, habitat degradation, increased predation from sea lions/terns/etc in areas where human interaction has given them an easy meal. I'm sure I'm forgetting something.
I'd love to see more use of selective harvest methods and maybe just maybe some sort of plan to fix this thing before the salmon disappear. Native bashing isn't going to help.