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Nicole Kimball
21:43 - 22:08
“this last point on the mobile lab, like, that was developed by industry, developed by Bristol Bay folks. It's a huge improvement in terms of being able to move people around when it makes sense. That was all an initiative from the Pollock industry.”
- Speaker
- Nicole Kimball
- Timestamp
- 21:43 – 22:08
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- September 8, 2026
From the transcript
So they're working on their own. I know work— maybe Luke can speak to this— on a chum excluder, which could work in tandem with a Chinook excluder. I think this last point on the mobile lab, like, that was developed by industry, developed by Bristol Bay folks. It's a huge improvement in terms of being able to move people around when it makes sense. That was all an initiative from the Pollock industry.
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