As I understood the situation from NOAA's Mr. Jones' presentation many of the HGMPs previously submitted will have to be updated and resubmitted and maybe this is where he (Jones) stated that NOAA would be moving forward on HGMP reviews rather than waiting to rework the draft EIS leading to a final EIS before dealing with HGMPs. Gad, draft EIS of 1600 pages?

And while I do believe they (NOAA) are feeling the heat there is no question in my mind that they are still trying to shove an elephant through a rat hole (the WFC agreement's timeline). I would like to believe that WDFW and NOAA are working together to find a way to make this happen timely.
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