Congressman Don Young was not only instrumental in the writing of the initial legislation back in the mid-1970s, he has been a constant champion for Alaska's, and our Nation's, seafood industry since passage of the legislation.
Acknowledgment of Don Young's contributions to the Magnuson-Stevens Act and the seafood industry.
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When the tribe asked Congressman Don Young to cosponsor the bill years ago, he looked me in the eye and said, so the landowners get resolved, the tribe still has to prove its case, are you sure that is what you want? I said, yes, sir, it…
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