Just a couple of thoughts from someone who's has been intimately involved in the fight to make things better...

1. Kelly Susewind is in way over his head. He not only doesn't have the experience, he lacks the intestinal fortitude to make the decisions needed. His fall back is to do what's expedient, with the least amount of resistance from the Governor. (He's a suck up, plain and simple because that's where he thinks he's safe.)

2. The Commission has been nurtured. They are nothing more than an extension of the political influence. (And we know who has the State by the gonads, and therefor controls the narrative.) They are no longer even trying to give the impression that they work for the stakeholders.

3. Ron Warren protects his position and influence. He uses the division and strife between the Tribal and NT Rec's to justify his importance. The result being, he encourages chaos and fans the flames.

4. Turning over hatchery's to full tribal control is a very sharp double edged sword...especially if we continue to use "marked selective" fisheries. There is a lot of casino money in many of the tribal nations, and they could use that money (initially) to run the hatcheries, but at what point will they stop clipping and declare treaty rights to fish they pay for?

The state of our fisheries is pathetic, and it will probably take a total collapse before any meaningful action will take place. Unfortunately, as with all governmental actions (with huge tribal influence) The results of the action, in all likelihood, is NOT going to be beneficial to recreational fishermen.

From my interactions with the senior leadership and Commissioner's, recreational fishermen in this state are seen as little more than mindless cash cows, thought of as a powerless dope who can be thrown a bone every now and then to pacify. And to a great extent it appears true. There is alway a huge outcry every year when Ron Warren once again sells us out at NOF, yet, once the seasons are announced, everyone buys their license and disappears from the fight.