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Unfortunately, WDFW does not posses the cojones to do something like that. They are content to blame the Tribes for the roadblock to transparency, and then meet secretly with them and give away the farm just so long as the Tribes agree to let us have a little something.

Let me ask this:

Are we willing to lose our entire fishing season this year, in order to fix this for the future?

The State says: "We fear losing all our fishing opportunities IF the Tribes fail to agree to our recommendations and walk out of the negotiations."

How?

Because without the Tribes "approval" we can't get permits in time through NOAA to be able to fish!

And, apparently, the Tribes will only approve some fisheries for us, IF the State gives them large concessions behind closed doors where the public can't object because we never see what their doing.

Why?

Because the STATE has not applied pressure on the State Representatives to have them pressure NOAA to "Fast Track" our permits like they do the Tribes!

So the status quo is Secret Meetings where the Tribes have the upper hand to get the State to do what they want, or they threaten to walk out! So who's really running our fisheries?

Or, we let them walk out, let all hell break loose, maybe lose a season, but allow the now falling house of cards bring real change for the better of our fisheries where one side does not have leverage over the other...that is true co-management!

The Tribes will NEVER give up anything voluntarily. The State will never challenge them strongly, unless enough people demand it. And without either of those two happing, we will see the last fish taken out of our waters.