I would be protesting (a) their demand that they be allowed to engage in such harvest regardless of allocation guaranteed by treaty, (b) WDFW's agreement to such a demand, and (c) the deck-stacked system that allows them to make such demands with impunity, and gives WDFW little or no recourse, since tribes can just get an emergency permit from the feds on short notice, while WDFW has to wait for months.