One of the challenges with the way this went happened at the 2023 NoF is that the Skykomish fishery closure didn't come up until the final day of negotiations. Now, the data should have made this obvious, but I'm not sure people were situationally aware that the Snoqualmie low NOR abundance would lead directly to this late-hour fishery change.
While, the north sound saltwater could be shutdown, it's not necessarily the right move given that you would deny significantly more opportunity due to mixed stock fisheries, just to enable this terminal fishery. I do think the main goal should be to prove limited impact to Snoqualmie NOR stock with the Skykomish only fishery, but I'm not a biologist so it's not obvious to me how to do that? Perhaps, release some hatchery fish in the Snoqualmie and see how many are encountered / recovered in future years on the Skykomish as a proxy for wilds?
I don't think this is purely an issue of advocacy because I know several people who were involved right up to the end, but the there was no real opportunity to advocate. I was on the final public call and did what I could to advocate, but it was already a done deal.