Doug Vincent-Lang
461:21 - 461:30
“at this point in time, I authorized 5 rather than the desired 25 just to figure out whether we can successfully rear these in the hatchery at this point in time.”
- Speaker
- Doug Vincent-Lang
- Timestamp
- 461:21 – 461:30
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 28, 2026
From the transcript
But I just want to look— we're very concerned about doing this hatchery program correctly. We want to make sure we're maintaining genetic standards moving forward. We don't want to We don't want this to become the Columbia River down there. We want to keep this thing, you know, wild stocks. But at this point in time, I authorized 5 rather than the desired 25 just to figure out whether we can successfully rear these in the hatchery at this point in time.
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