[wwbirds]

Treaties are law whether you like them or not if modified they must be by the court or by negotiation as both parties agreed to them and signed them.
Most if not all were not honored by the settlers and have since been arbitrated by the courts who determined the rights exist into perpetuity.
Kind of like buying a house and finding out the financing is not available and going back to renegotiate the deal after you have lost your down payment.
Settlers made a farming deal with the already farm orientated Iroquois in southern ontario (corn and tobacco). In addition to being able to support very large villages they bartered for furs fish meat and many other items with their surplus. Cree and objibway were not farmers but rather hunters and gatherers yet settlers made deals across northern ontario and the prairies to teach and supply equipment to hunters and gatherers to learn to farm. Many of those treaties were broken as the agents wanted to starve the tribes into surrender. We keep hearing about people complaining about handouts yet any time natives try to engage in any commerce there are complaints. Natives have been trading corn, lobsters fish and furs for thousands of years among themselves. Canada was born on the fur trade but apparently some people think natives cannot engage in commerce even though many commercial companies are licensed to do so? Seasons are set by government and if you think the east doesn't care about the west then you should be assured that western natives never got a fair shake from Upper Canada. My grandfather hunted calf moose in July for meat, set square hooks for fish in the fall when they were running and used it to feed his dogs all winter or trade for something he needed. The seasons were not required for conservation then or now due to over harvesting. They are required now due to habitat and game loss. You cant have millions of people settle on huge tracts of land called cities displacing game and expect natives to return to the old ways. the only thing they have is the security of the treaties which guarantee harvest rights.
As has already been pointed out I dare say highliner(or fill in the commercially licensed company) ships probably take more lobster and fish in a day than natives would harvest in a year. That right is guaranteed until the law changes. Commercial licenses should be adjusted down if any catch needs to be reduced.