"Walked out" may be the wrong term but the result was the same.

More appropriate may be to say that the tribes refused to discuss anything other than reducing the state's chum harvest until the state capitulated on the chum issue. And, if the state doesn't capitulate, the tribes can simply apply for their own ESA permit and leave the state sitting on the bank, so to speak, because the feds won't process the state's permit without using the tribal agreement as the federal nexus for expedited review. While the tribes may not have physically walked anywhere, they refused to negotiate anything other the reduction in chum catch. The only difference is they physically remained present.

Mr. Peters - Is that accurate? If not, can you tell us what happened?