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179:58 - 180:17
“With this cap and holdings in 2025, it would take 13 vessels to harvest their quota. Which is now 14 vessels with the quota— amount of quota that's held in 2026.”
- Speaker
- Unidentified speaker
- Timestamp
- 179:58 – 180:17
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 8, 2026
From the transcript
2026. So this table also confirms what was stated in testimony. With this cap and holdings in 2025, it would take 13 vessels to harvest their quota, which is now 14 vessels with the quota— amount of quota that's held in 2026. So they've been successful in acquiring quota. They have had challenges in full prosecution of this quota.
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