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Don Young: “If I was a suspicious person, with NOAA and the Endangered Species Act, this proposal for ocean zoning, I would say, is…”

On the recordApril 2, 2012
If I was a suspicious person, with NOAA and the Endangered Species Act, this proposal for ocean zoning, I would say, is another attempt at the fishing industry.
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Don Young
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Young expresses skepticism about NOAA's ocean zoning proposal, linking it to commercial fishing interests.

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