Bernadette M. Wilson
90:13 - 90:41
“some will tell you that hatcheries saved their particular industry. You have others that will tell you that the hatcheries you know, killed off the natural stock.”
- Speaker
- Bernadette M. Wilson
- Timestamp
- 90:13 – 90:41
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kodiak, AK, USA
- Captured at
- September 9, 2026
From the transcript
So, you know, I've heard all kinds of conversations about, you know, are there things we need to be doing with our hatcheries? You know, the— some will tell you that hatcheries saved their particular industry. You have others that will tell you that the hatcheries you know, killed off the natural stock. We've had a whole array of different back and forth as far as what is responsible. I'm going to tell you guys that I'm not going to sit up here and claim that I have every answer on how to solve that.
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