I'm not going to enter the ethics of this issue, as I don't know enough to make an informed decision, living here in Oregon. I can tell you without a doubt, I would spend time fishing the OP and spending money, guided or not, in the area, if there were more big native steelhead. As it is, the winter steelhead fishing on the Oregon coast sounds like it's better than the OP the last several years, so why would I want to fish the OP. If there were numerous 20-30 pounders, I suppose I would. My big fishing trip this year is going to be SW Alaska for spring steelhead. The guides/businesses up there will get my money this year. I know I'm not the only fisherman in Portland that is not fishing the OP this year because runs are not what they used to be/should be.

I don't know how much money the indians make on netting, but I have to imagine they'd make a lot more on recreational fishing, as I'd pay hundreds, maybe thousands to catch a 25 pounder! Think of all the middle to upper income fishermen living in Portland, Seattle, and throughout the USA that would pay to be housed & guided on a Quinalt/Queets river with 20,000 fish averaging in the teens!