Accepting what OncyT has provided as being reasonably accurate then I will opine that this tidbit is the critical no-go factor:

"1) NMFS has not responded to program evaluations beginning in 1999, and following in 2002 and 2003. NMFS has not completed the EIS that was going to guide hatchery reviews even after starting in 2003 and re-starting in 2011."

I don't care how great or crappy WDFW's submittals may have been - when the governing agency has failed to establish the criteria by which reviews will be conducted they leave WDFW in a no win position.

I think WFC picked on the wrong folks on this one.....


Edited by Larry B (04/17/14 02:19 AM)
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