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Don Young: “Has anybody explained to me, and I have listened to one doctor there, what advantage if someone has been fishing in an…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2015
Has anybody explained to me, and I have listened to one doctor there, what advantage if someone has been fishing in an area for 44 years, and then you cannot fish because you have decided that this is a pristine area.
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Don Young
Republican · Alaska

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Young questions the fairness of restricting fishing in areas with long-standing practices.

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