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Jason Jannot
70:14 - 70:35
“I hope that we all— and by we, I mean Council, industry, the public— can take pride in the fact that 3 internationally recognized experts took a critical look at the science we used in the program and deemed the North Pacific Observer Program a world-class monitoring and data collection program.”
- Speaker
- Jason Jannot
- Timestamp
- 70:14 – 70:35
- Transcript
- NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 9, 2026
From the transcript
Over the years since the inception of the coverage— partial coverage program in 2013. So I hope that we all— and by we, I mean Council, industry, the public— can take pride in the fact that 3 internationally recognized experts took a critical look at the science we used in the program and deemed the North Pacific Observer Program a world-class monitoring and data collection program.
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