Mark Johnson
27:27 - 27:40
“what the resolution is basically asking is not to scrap it altogether, but to ask for a moratorium so that more research can be done.”
- Speaker
- Mark Johnson
- Timestamp
- 27:27 – 27:40
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 26, 2026
From the transcript
And, the other thing I noticed when reading the port minutes, that this was brought up to the Port Commission at some point, and I noticed that Charlie Leen made a comment in there, and Charlie's been with the Port Commission a long time. I mean, I respect his opinions that he has. Also, he was, with Fish and Game for a long time, and his comment was that he agreed with the Koyuk letter on the proposed OCS lease sale impacting what is considered a viable crab fishery. And then the other thing I noticed in this resolution was— and as Hannes mentioned that this has never been done before, never occurred globally or United States federal waters. And what the resolution is basically asking is not to scrap it altogether, but to ask for a moratorium so that more research can be done.
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