I can think of another possible alternative. It requires getting the support of State Senator Pearson's committee and the WDFW Commission. Both of those seem achievable. Pearson seems sympathetic to what's going on with the degree of frustration in the sport fishing community. The WDFW Commission is more responsive to "the hand that feeds" the Dept. (Us!) than is the Dept itself. The Commission can order the Dept to have open meetings or none at all. This would presumably lead to the tribal walk out as happened last year.

The Commission could order the Dept to promulgate a typical PS recreational fishery with high ESA conservation standards. NMFS would likely respond with the news that the Dept's proposal can't be reviewed and approved until after the season is over. The Dept could respond that NMFS shouldn't and cannot put the State in such an impossible situation, and that the State will go ahead and fish without NMFS' approval of the State plan. Thus would begin Salmon War 2017.

NMFS would likely seek an injunction against the State in federal court. The State would have to decide whether to fish or cut bait. We would find out if WA Senators Murray and Cantwell can earn their keep or not by intervening with NMFS and curtailing the injunction because it would be NMFS creating the impossible condition, on the grounds that it is inherently unreasonable for the State as a co-manager to be expected to negotiate with the tribes on less than equal standing.

Yeah, OK, this alternativce ain't too likely. Would take guts on the part of too many players who haven't exhibited having them in the past.