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."
“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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