I think we ought to put our eyes back on the goal that we sought to achieve with the original Magnuson Act, and that was to protect the species, to assure the reproductive capability of the North Pacific was to be the primary source of fisheries for the United States, that we wanted to assure the survivability of the species.
Senator Stevens emphasizes the original goals of the Magnuson Act regarding fish protection.
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