the folks appointed to that panel have had an agenda for years to stop fishing everywhere they can. The fact that they shut down public debate before the affected parties cordially known in commercial fishing circles as "sports fishercunts" have a legitimate gripe. With the cheney junta we were safe, when Obama came in we thought he would be too busy, Apparently not. These are the same asswipes that used to fly in from DC during the Clinton years and packed the public meetings in Alaska so the locals couldnt be heard. Clinton was a political animal and kept them on a short leash. Apparently Obama thinks differently.