Don Young: “I opposed that settlement. I opposed it vividly, because I don't think it was enough money.”

The Pacific Seafood Processors Association (PSPA) represents the shared policy and regulatory interests of commercial seafood processors in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.

The facts and data do not support this. In the North Pacific, bycatch has been on the agenda at nearly every meeting since I began working in the Council process in 2015.

It was sponsored by Congressman Debbie Dingell and initially by Congressman Don Young.

Congress authorized the leasing and development program within the 1002 Area of ANWR not on a whim, but after decades of robust debate.