"For a long time, Alaska has been exploited by many other states. They come in, extract, and then leave us with nothing."
"Thank you for your leadership on marine and seafood sustainability in our Nation's waters and for conducting an important hearing on this matter."
"we recognize that the science is there in creating better fisheries for us over time."
"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 ..."
"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."
"I think that getting communication at the fishing community level to the lay public."
"I would say Alaska seafood is the right decision, but I'll leave that for judgment as we work on certification issues."
"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'r..."
"Seafood is always kind of like a second-class food product, it seems, in this country."
"How did GSA fail in this effort to connect with Federal agencies that manage fisheries?"