0:19
Mark Johnson
28:02 - 28:22
“for those reasons, I support that we pass a resolution. We are a hub community here and affect all of the villages in our area. And we do have a viable fishery, we have viable crabbing”
- Speaker
- Mark Johnson
- Timestamp
- 28:02 – 28:22
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 26, 2026
From the transcript
And similar to our local mining companies that go through a process of a severe— or a pretty intensive process process of in order to mine that's set in place. That's all that we're— that's what this resolution is asking for, is to be able to go through that process to get to a point before doing this lease. And for those reasons, I support that we pass a resolution. We are a hub community here and affect all of the villages in our area. And we do have a viable fishery, we have viable crabbing, we have— we're hunters and fishers throughout the region.
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