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Bill Hill

25:29 - 25:58

“I will push for very strict low bycatch limits and real accountability, and if operations cannot meet those limits, then they shouldn't be fishing in our waters. We need stronger monitoring, We need stronger enforcement, and we need a tribal seat on the North Pacific Management Council”
Speaker
Bill Hill
Community
Alaska News
Location
Fairbanks
Captured at
October 8, 2026

From the transcript

Well, first off, it's ridiculous that one user group The most important user group, the subsistence user group, is going without fish. That's important. Every, every part of our mechanisms around fisheries needs to be responsive to that. I will push for very strict low bycatch limits and real accountability, and if operations cannot meet those limits, then they shouldn't be fishing in our waters. We need stronger monitoring, We need stronger enforcement, and we need a tribal seat on the North Pacific Management Council, because without a voice in the— without a voice in the decision-making process, we're not going to be able to make substantive changes.