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December 19, 2016
To: NOF Interested Parties
Re: Commission "Blue Sheet" on NOF transparency
A "blue sheet" is the term for a written directive to the Department of Fish & Wildlife from the Commission on a subject matter to be placed on the agenda of a future meeting. In response to the Advocacy's letter to tribal and state co-managers requesting they cease the practice of using meetings closed to public, the WDFW Commission passed a blue sheet on December 10, 2016 calling for a future staff presentation to the full Commission on the rights of citizens and the application of open meeting and other transparency laws of the state of WA during the North of Falcon process used to set fishing seasons. Introduced by Commissioner Wecker and seconded by Commissioner Kehoe, the sheet passed unanimously.
The main component of the text of the blue sheet is shown in the graphic below. The full 2-page form and the letter to the co-managers are available for viewing on the Advocacy website here.
The actual date of the hearing by the Commission will be announced in the future.
Respectfully,
Tim Hamilton
President
Twin Harbors Fish & Wildlife Advocacy