Mark Begich actually said...

"These are not discretionary, they are mandatory. They are treaties. They are contracts."

"So for example, if a quota was reduced and therefore folks doing charters get limited out or limited in what they can--or even the size, like what we have in Alaska on some of our halibut, then those ..."

"In Alaska we have one more element called subsistence hunters."

"We may be literally across the country from each other; the issues that we face are pretty important."