Crystal Jones
26:14 - 26:38
“So if people, if we are needing to limit fishing, it needs to be the boats, not the people that are fishing to feed their families. Subsistence is really important.”
- Speaker
- Crystal Jones
- Timestamp
- 26:14 – 26:38
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 13, 2026
From the transcript
And I think that once we— when we do have a voice at the table, we can make sure that we are giving priority to rural Alaskans on that subsistence. So if people, if we are needing to limit fishing, it needs to be the boats, not the people that are fishing to feed their families. Subsistence is really important. I know I grew up in a family that struggled a lot, and if it weren't for fish, we wouldn't have been able to eat every night.
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