Name: Ray Webster: areas like 4B, which used to have high catch rates, are now very very expensive to fish. 2A, it was never that great, but it's, it's, it remains expensive to fish. But these, while a small component of the stock overall, are of local importance to the people who fish there.
Uploaded: 2026-09-23T21:30:03+00:00
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Description: areas like 4B, which used to have high catch rates, are now very very expensive to fish. 2A, it was never that great, but it's, it's, it remains expensive to fish. But these, while a small component of the stock overall, are of local importance to the people who fish there.

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Ray Webster

117:17 - 117:40

"areas like 4B, which used to have high catch rates, are now very very expensive to fish. 2A, it was never that great, but it's, it's, it remains expensive to fish. But these, while a small component of the stock overall, are of local importance to the people who fish there."

“areas like 4B, which used to have high catch rates, are now very very expensive to fish. 2A, it was never that great, but it's, it's, it remains expensive to fish. But these, while a small component of the stock overall, are of local importance to the people who fish there.”

Speaker: Ray Webster
Timestamp: 117:17 – 117:40
Transcript: 29th Session of the IPHC Scientific Review Board SRB029, Day 2 Part 1
Community: Alaska News
Location: Alaska
Captured at: September 23, 2026

From the transcript

Um, it's a long-term trend in the stock is, is downward in terms of weight PR output. And so areas like 4B, which used to have high catch rates, are now very very expensive to fish. 2A, it was never that great, but it's, it's, it remains expensive to fish. But these, while a small component of the stock overall, are of local importance to the people who fish there. And so we still want information from, from those.

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