71:08 - 71:37
“this process will considerably slow down if there's an expectation that for every proposal that you deliberated on, like Lower Cook Inlet, Kodiak, and Upper Cook Inlet, to have some new information brought forward.”
- Speaker
- Unidentified speaker
- Timestamp
- 71:08 – 71:37
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
I think it is imperative that this does not rehash the entire debate, and to me there are other tools that the board has, has at its disposal to bring new information forward through agenda change requests, emergency petitions, and a variety of other things. But I can tell you right now, the department is going to be very this process will considerably slow down if there's an expectation that for every proposal that you deliberated on, like Lower Cook Inlet, Kodiak, and Upper Cook Inlet, to have some new information brought forward. That's just gonna— it's, it's gonna take a long time for that data to get through. And especially if there's asked for reprioritization of, of that data moving forward, because we're, we're preparing for management of fisheries at that time here in the department. So I just encourage it to become a review of the regulatory language and the public comments rather than a rehashing of the comments and use the existing processes.
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