It's a pretty disgusting result from a process that is all but broken.
From the Director's standpoint, I have no earthly idea how you get a grasp on the North of Falcon drill in three months. I've been involved for over a decade and still have to re-boot every year.
The bottom line is until WDFW grows the will to walk away from a bad deal and place the entire multi-million dollar coastal fishery in jeopardy, the Muckelshoots will be running Puget Sound chinook management.
If the party you're negotiating with knows that you won't walk away from the table, then you truly do not have any leverage.
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