Bernadette M. Wilson
83:16 - 83:57
“we need to talk about bottom trawlers, the big corporate trawlers where you've got, you know, boats that are up to 295 feet long and 3,000 horsepower, and having a conversation about that versus, you know, the mom and pops.”
- Speaker
- Bernadette M. Wilson
- Timestamp
- 83:16 – 83:57
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kodiak, AK, USA
- Captured at
- September 9, 2026
From the transcript
I think that this is critical. I think that it's also critical as we have the conversation that, you know, when it comes to the bycatch issue, we need to talk about bottom trawlers, the big corporate trawlers where you've got, you know, boats that are up to 295 feet long and 3,000 horsepower, and having a conversation about that versus, you know, the mom and pops. We need to have a conversation about if it's a mid-water trawler that they need to stay mid-water. And so I would think that for that bycatch task force and for that review committee, that that would be an area that they need to lean into. But ultimately, you know, I've talked about the fact that the state really needs to have a full symposium.
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