Mark Begich actually said...

"So in an indirect way, I don't want to call out certification, but you are identifying which stocks are sustainable by actions that you can show by scientific evidence, not just in that moment in time..."

"I love my Russian friends, but when they have crab that is caught illegally or low-quality, then we're going to have a response to them."

"Seafood is always kind of like a second-class food product, it seems, in this country."

"I would say Alaska seafood is the right decision, but I'll leave that for judgment as we work on certification issues."