Questions for those in the know......

Could WDFW if they had the gumption, apply for a section 10 permit in the background and still allow fishing under NOF agreements in the interim?

Say it took three years to get the section 10 permit. During those three years they negotiate with the tribes and come to an agreement each year at NOF.
Now the fourth year rolls around and they get the section 10 permit and say goodbye to NOF....or would all NT fishing need to stop during the section 10 permitting process?

Maybe a better way to ask this is can there be two permitting processes going on simultaneously?
SF