Nothing will change until WDFW adopts a strategy at NOF that involves something other than caving to whatever they need to in order to get a deal. They flirted with saying no a few years ago, which I took as a good sign. They need to do it again and put massive pressure on the Feds to just grant two ESA permits if the tribes and State can't agree. There are a million and three (at least) federal nexus (WTF is plural of nexus?) that could be used to expedite the ESA permit process. It doesn't have to be tribal fisheries for any reason other than the Feds say it has to be tribal fisheries.

As it is, the Feds have set this up so the Tribes have no incentive to negotiate. If the Tribes take their ball and go home, the Feds tell the state to sit on the sideline and tell the Tribes to go fish. I wouldn't negotiate either.