Derek Kilmer actually said...

"the hatcheries are also important to our commercial and recreational fisheries, which are really big economic drivers in our State"

"what does the service need, in terms of funding and personnel, in order to work through this backlog"

"I think we can all agree that we have a long way to go on addressing this challenge."

"there is a real and imminent threat that we are going to see hatcheries actually close this year unless significant progress is made in reducing this backlog"