I’ve heard from reliable sources that the NWIFC Co-managers have once again walked out of the closed door NOF negotiations. This seems to be, yet again, a tactic to have WDFW “give in” to demands or harvest that they want. This may be a minor thing to some, it again highlights why WDFW the Commission and Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission are so adamantly opposed to having any public oversight of those meetings. We MUST have agreement from the tribes or we don’t get permits (remember, we piggy back on their fast tracked permitting) and they use that dependency as leverage.