Originally Posted By: Waterboy
Schedule is here:
https://wdfw.wa.gov/about/commission/meetings#upcoming


Chair Carpenter asked Ron Warren about the state getting their own permit. Ron basically asked the commissioner if it was willing to sacrifice 2 years of no fishing pursuing a permit? Ron said that it is just too big a mountain to climb. That the tribes permit is the best option.

My comment/question is why can't the state get it's own permit, start the process, and still continue to with the current season setting process? Can you not do both at the same time?


And that is the Boogie Man pulled out of the closet whenever the idea of WDFW obtaining its own permit is raised.

Would NOAA/NMFS actually be willing to NOT find a way to facilitate a State fishery should the State seek its own permit? Maybe that question needs to be posed directly to Barry Thom - NOAA's Regional Director.
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