The reason is that the Cheam Band has been assigned all sorts of names. The reality is that the Cheam Band is a very militant band. They have blocked a railroad. They have dug up the road and refused access and stood there in balaclavas, and all sorts of things. It seems to me that they are continually rewarded for their vigilance and their stand-firm sorts of presentations.
Unfortunately, what happens with the Cheam ultimately winds up happening farther downriver with other bands as well. What the Cheam get, the rest ultimately get, and driftnet fishing is a perfect example of that.
But I would caution you against thinking that only 37 fish have been caught, because to be able to say that for sure, there would have to be proper monitoring. And to prove that proper monitoring was occurring--if they were fishing 24 hours a day, seven days a week, over any given timeframe--they would have to show me who the monitors were and what they recorded, because we have found in past practice that they, of all people, are not very accurate in their monitoring.
We have other first nations bands that are excellent at monitoring, but the Cheam certainly are not.