I think that this years NoF negotiations are going to spell the end of rec fishing in the
Puget sound region. Because of ESA listings and the Feds backing the Indians we
are done. The WDFW has become powerless in these negotiations. They do not have the power to make the tribes toe the line. I do not understand how the tribes,
which are considered Wa State citizens can get away with being members of another separate country over which the state has no jurisdiction.