Lauren Howard
372:56 - 373:38
“With the CQE quota quote, you transfer it, and it leaves your eFish, it goes to the other person's eFish, and you have no idea their status of fishing. So for a program that was meant to have a high level of administration, it seemed like it was a very large oversight”
- Speaker
- Lauren Howard
- Timestamp
- 372:56 – 373:38
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 8, 2026
From the transcript
You can track it. You can see what's happening in real time. With the CQE quota, you transfer it and it leaves your eFish. It goes to the other person's eFish and you have no idea their status of fishing. So for a program that was meant to have a high level of administration, it seemed like it was a very large oversight to not allow the person administering the CQE to see the— where the quota's at, what's going on, how things are progressing throughout the season.
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