The trouble with the public NOF process is that are more than willing to ask for more than is possible given the constraints of ESA listed Chinook.

Even though the modeled fisheries were approximately 12% above the non-treaty share of allowable impacts all folks wanted to talk about was what more was wanted

Were the folks in MA 7 willing to give up the February winter blackmouth season to provide for some July opportunity? Seemed like the expectation is that some other fisheries would be cut.

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