Originally Posted By: BroodBuster
As I understand this the state owns the game/fish but the Feds gave 50% to the tribes, 50% to Ak and 50% to Canada leaving the rest for the state of Wa.



Looks like a good assessment to me. 150% of the available harvest (sadly, that's not even a joke some years) is taken before the fish see their home rivers... but habitat is the reason we don't have more salmon in the rivers.