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Don Young: “I argue that observers are probably the worst thing that can happen to the sustainable yield rationalization. The…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2013
I argue that observers are probably the worst thing that can happen to the sustainable yield rationalization. The observer is human. He can be corrupted. He can be put into the trawl net to solve some problems. He can be a drunk.
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Don Young
Republican · Alaska

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Don Young criticized the role of observers in fisheries management.

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