US-managed marine fisheries are controlled by eight regional "Fishery Management Councils" which include the PFMC and NPFMC.

http://www.fisherycouncils.org

If NOAA-F can legitimately push against one FMC, they can do so with ANY of them.

At its base, this has been framed as a LOW-HOLING problem. The SRKW's in Puget Sound are getting low-holed by these fisheries which stymie not only the total number of chinook available to SRKW's, but also the ability of the population to produce the older larger phenotype they prefer to eat.

If PFMC is gonna be forced by NOAA-F to swallow its lumps for chinook conservation, it should insist that NPFMC do likewise. I think Mr Anderson is plenty smart enough to articulate that position.