Alaska's fisheries are by far the largest in the nation, accounting for over 50 percent of total domestic landings for the country.
Well, I have one bit of homework to do on this issue.
Any thoughts from the scientists on that question?
We will work with you if you need more resources or authorities to get to the bottom of the question.
Anyone else on that?
Well, as the Chairman of the Committee that oversees that, we will be very interested.
We want to help you certainly fill the vacancies, right, because I think that's really critical.
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Putting it in historical perspective, was it ocean conditions in the 1960s and 1970s where the runs were weak?
On the Federal level, laws like the Magnuson-Stevens Act led by Don Young and the late great Senator Ted Stevens, kicked...
So you think it's going pretty well?