12/01/2009
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"the only reason that we were able, in my opinion... to secure that convention is because the pollock stocks collapsed"
"I believe these kind of safeguards make even more sense in the Arctic than they do in development areas further south."
"We don't believe that a robust research program can answer every concern we've heard voiced about OCS development and shipping by residents of the North Slope Borough."
"The Arctic needs a Coast Guard presence, and we wholeheartedly support the efforts, the good efforts, of Admiral Allen and his group."