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Mary Peltola

108:19 - 108:41

“Magnuson-Stevens does need to be revised to curtail bycatch, Standards, national standards 4, 8, and 9 do need to be tightened up. We Alaskans, almost all of us agree on this. Alaska Natives should have 1 or 2 seats on the council.”
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Alaska News
Location
Kodiak, Alaska
Captured at
September 13, 2026

From the transcript

Not enough Alaskans are in DC working for us who understand our seafood industry and our fishermen. We have outdated and inefficient lower-48 bureaucracy, and we have outdated and legislation— outdated legislation and rules that don't work for Alaskan fishermen. Magnuson-Stevens does need to be revised to curtail bycatch, Standards, national standards 4, 8, and 9 do need to be tightened up. We Alaskans, almost all of us agree on this. Alaska Natives should have 1 or 2 seats on the council.

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