Originally Posted By: Carcassman
If we did, then we could work independently. It would also put NOAA in the middle if the State's want A, the Tribes wants B and both comply with the treaties. Even worse if A complies with treaty sharing and B doesn't. They don't want to be in the middle and have to make a public decision.


I see your point Carcass, but inconveniencing NOAA should not be a consideration to WDFW/Commission. This current method that the tribes use, having the Bureau of Indian Affairs checkmark their permits in order to qualify for fast tracking is underhanded.

NOAA needs to address permits, either State or Tribal under the same set of rules.

The State has said for years that it's goal is to apply for it's permits separately from tribal permits. The problem is, they can't/won't challenge NOAA to special handling of permits due to the time delay and fishing seasons.

WE KNOW that the NWIFC holds the permitting situation over the heads of WDFW staff in these meetings. It's been confirmed by several people that have been in these meetings. And anytime you have one side in a negotiation that has "leverage" over the other, you can damn well bet there is no real "negotiation in good faith".

This is exactly WHY they don't want any live video feed in these meetings. They don't want anyone to see how the real deals are done.

Ask yourself why they can live feed a NOF plenary meeting, and yet find it impossible to do the same for the NOF WDFW/Tribal meetings?