Ted Stevens: “I want to congratulate Senator Hollings for his vision, helping to launch the Ocean Commission and the development of…”

Joe Walker is not a number.

The whole purpose of the Act is to protect our fisheries and have a conservation ethic to be the major goal.

I do believe that it is of such significance that we cannot turn away from it.

They are not numbers. They were people, living, breathing, caring, loving people. And they're not anymore. And there is no rational explanation as to why not.