Mel Moon, the tribe's director of natural resources, also worries that the ban might result in too many fish returning to spawn.

"Every system has a carrying capacity," Moon said. "How many fish can you put in the system before there's crowding? There's only so many places where the ideal conditions exist for spawning."

Answer: we can put a lot more fish on the beds than there is currently

What a lame argument, when was the last time you saw too many wild steelhead? Gee last time I floated the duc we had to drag the boat over all those fish just to get down the river, dam fish were tearing up the river... .
Even if this was true the carcasses would help replenish the system and the fish would take care of themselves.
Mel moon, you ought to get into the library and read up a bit...ignorance is no excuse :rolleyes: