Rick Whitbeck
38:04 - 38:54
"33% Of the people who said it should be banned had come around to a different side when we were done with explaining the things that Nicole talked about, salmon excluders and bycatch rates, the things that Luke talked about, CDQ investment"
“33% Of the people who said it should be banned had come around to a different side when we were done with explaining the things that Nicole talked about, salmon excluders and bycatch rates, the things that Luke talked about, CDQ investment”
- Speaker
- Rick Whitbeck
- Timestamp
- 38:04 – 38:54
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- September 8, 2026
From the transcript
33% Of the people who said it should be banned had come around to a different side when we were done with explaining the things that Nicole talked about, salmon excluders and bycatch rates, the things that Luke talked about, CDQ investment, the number of jobs, the number of, the $2.5 billion that this fishery brings to the US every year. 75-15, That's a real number. So What I would say is this, um, I fight, this industry fights for a better Alaska, for a more sustainable, um, set of circumstances. We use technology, we use, um, science, facts, and data to drive this fishery, and I'm proud to be part of it. I've had a lot of fun.
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