Someone mentioned that it seems odd the Tribes would be so obstinate in negotiations, considering the significant jeopardy their own seasons may be in....

Seems to me the Tribes hold all the cards here, and they know it. What they don't take in fish, they will take in entitlements or via lawsuits. If they don't get to fish because NOAA takes too long to approve their plan, they'll simply claim economic hardship and get paid more than they would if they went fishing in a down year like this. That's what the Quinaults did after their ill-advised gillnet fisheries overharvested the weak returns last year in Grays Harbor.

The reason co-management isn't working is that there is no incentive for one side to compromise when they can't take what they want with cooperative planning.