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Don Young: “I happen to think that the issuance of an IDQ, or IFQ, and then creating a great value of it, to be sold for wealth, is…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 1996
I happen to think that the issuance of an IDQ, or IFQ, and then creating a great value of it, to be sold for wealth, is very wrong, and it is wrong to accumulate a massive amount, creating a monopoly. We are going to continue to address those issues as the future unfolds as far as our seas go.
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Don Young
Republican · Alaska

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Discussing concerns about fishing quotas and their impact on ocean resources.

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