To my colleague from North Carolina, thank you for the part about explaining the process. Some people think by tomorrow if there is a vote on defunding, suddenly something happens. Thank you for pointing out the issue of the statute. We…

Doesn't it make sense that as we re-draft and tweak the Magnuson-Stevens Act and Reauthorization Act, we--if fisheries meet the sustainability level by our standards and they rebuild stocks and they're sustainable--we'd classify…

Do you think that the time--tell me, kind of, again, I know I asked Wal-Mart this question, but from Sodexo's standpoint, what kind of time-frame and engagement do you need to make a determination of if the Responsible Fisheries Management…

Sustainably is written into our Alaska constitution.

As you know, we're in the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

For a long time, Alaska has been exploited by many other states. They come in, extract, and then leave us with nothing.

if we have a Magnuson-Stevens Act which is designed to manage our fisheries to sustainable levels and those that reach those sustainable criteria, then, in my view, that is the ultimate certification versus some third-party group…

we have a piece of legislation ending on--called Safe Seafood Bill which does exactly what you're talking about

We strongly urge the Department of Interior and the National Park Service to now follow suit.

Thank you for the announcement today. Timing is everything. We appreciate that more than you can imagine.

How are they going to know what the new guidelines are and make sure that they follow them?

Thank you for your leadership on marine and seafood sustainability in our Nation's waters and for conducting an important hearing on this matter.

Pirate fishing is theft from the oceans.

Do you feel the conversations have been productive in helping Wal-Mart understand, kind of, our process in Alaska and the more exhausted process that we utilize?

I think that getting communication at the fishing community level to the lay public.

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.

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, but over time.

Doesn't it make sense if you're already doing some letters that just making it more clear in the legislation or reauthorization that when that request is made and you say it, then it is sustainable.

How did GSA fail in this effort to connect with Federal agencies that manage fisheries?

When we built our Constitution, we wanted to make sure we developed it for Alaskans; sustainable, long-term, generational.

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.

This is a huge issue that has caused a huge stir, as you can imagine, my state especially.

National standards set by the Magnuson-Stevens Act, named after Alaska's late Senator Ted Stevens and Washington's Warren Magnuson, restrict catches to sustainable levels.

Thank you very much.