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Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.

Heidi Hedberg “if you are looking for facility or renovations, that is for the spring cycle. It is not going to be available in the fall cycle.”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

Heidi Hedberg “Nope, we are not capping.”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

Heidi Hedberg “year 2 funding priorities. As I mentioned, cast a broad net. The feedback was, what's the priority of the department?”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

Heidi Hedberg “we are asking that organizations submit up to 5 applications, and really what we're asking you to do is to prioritize and to be more focused in your applications.”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

Heidi Hedberg “You cannot submit an application at 12:01. The portal will close down at 11:59 on October 28th.”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

Heidi Hedberg “we posted that September 25th. It closes— public comments are due by October 9th. We are going to post that by October 14th. So I would suggest wait to submit your application.”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

Heidi Hedberg “that's why we're carving out a much smaller piece in the fall for those new ideas, areas that align to those focus. And the larger award to care for the facility renovations, the continuing applications, and a smaller portion for those new ideas in the spring.”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

Sean Lucey

“For Eastern Bering Sea snow crab, OFL 21.22 kilotons, ABC 12.73 kilotons for the years 2026-2027. Bristol Bay red king crab, OFL 7.13 kilotons, ABC 5.70 kilotons for the years 2026-2027.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Jason Jannot

“These methods they found to be promising and should be operationalized.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Sean Lucey

“And for Western Aleutian Islands red king crab, OFL 56 metric tons, ABC 14 metric tons for the years 2026 and 2027.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Sean Lucey

“the Canadian IPHC commissioners have repeatedly raised concern about coverage rates in the partial coverage fleet. So I gather that was kind of the impetus behind this.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Jason Jannot

“This was the first CIE review of the North Pacific Observer Program, and as far as I'm aware, it is the first CIE review that's exclusively focused on any U.S. observer program.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Jason Jannot

“we're still kind of digging into the details, coming up with a plan, trying to prioritize those things. Once we develop a plan, we'll report back to council how we plan on addressing these recommendations.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Ian Stewart “We did not support the crab plan team recommended buffer of 50%, but instead recommended a buffer of 40%, which is the same buffer that was applied last year.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Sara Cleaver “the committee accredited FMA with this successful successful review and noted that this type of review is a significant undertaking. And the committee noted that there is a high level of interest or public interest in this type of external peer review, and the committee encouraged broader dissemination of relevant information from this, from the results of this review. So specifically, the committee recommended that the Council Council explore any opportunity to better communicate the— communicate to the IPHC any relevant information on the monitoring program that occurs in the groundfish fisheries in the North Pacific.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Jason Jannot

“I hope that we all— and by we, I mean Council, industry, the public— can take pride in the fact that 3 internationally recognized experts took a critical look at the science we used in the program and deemed the North Pacific Observer Program a world-class monitoring and data collection program.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Jason Jannot

“there— again, there were no recommendations for changes to the 2027 ADP.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Jason Jannot

“in general, the three reviewers found that the stratification in the ADP is justified, appropriate, scientifically sound, and consistent with internationally best practices.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Jason Jannot

“all the reviewers agreed that the science used in the ADP and the evaluation methods for the ADP used in the annual report are sound, justified, and best available science. No changes were recommended for the 2027 ADP, but there were some recommendations for future research exploring various aspects of the ADP and the annual report and to try to better understand the tradeoffs between, uh, EM and observers.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Jason Jannot

“I'd be remiss if I didn't thank the reviewers: Dr. Noel Cadigan from Canada, Mr. Joël Viganoux from France, and Dr. Dr. John Fulstad from Norway for taking the time to come to the United States, provide their expertise and insights.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Sean Lucey

“Eastern Bering Sea Tanner crab, 67.39 kilotons. ABC, 53.91 kilotons for the years 2026-2027. St. Matthew Blue King crab, OFL, 182 metric tons. ABC, 136 metric tons for the years 2026-2027. 2027 Through 2027-2028.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Jason Jannot

“all 3 reviewers were particularly impressed with the odd system and how well it ensured sample trips are representative of fishing activity.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Jason Jannot

“They found that the proximity allocation similarly justified, appropriate, scientifically sound, consistent with best practices. And I'll point out, um, I bolded here innovative because two of the three reviewers mentioned the innovative nature of the work, suggesting that we are on the cutting edge of the science here.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Jason Jannot

“We had 3 reviewers from— one from Canada, one from France, and one from Norway. They all had expertise in, in the kinds of things we might expect: fishery science, surveys, statistics, and commercial fisheries monitoring.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Jason Jannot

“The review took place back in June in Seattle in person.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Ian Stewart “We supported the model in agreement with the author and plan team, which places this stock in Tier 3B, not overfished, and overfishing did not occur.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Jason Jannot

“the first was a monitoring data needs gap analysis. And here they were suggesting that we try to identify important sampling gaps and deficiencies and determine how the allocation strategy might perform if we were to bring those gaps in, and it would better link our monitoring methods with our end user requirements. And then the other recommendation that they all seem to have, which was a SWOT for monitoring approaches, that's a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis for the two approaches.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Ian Stewart “The SSC recommended the existing model, which dates back several years, in agreement with the author and the crab plan team, the OFL that comes from that model, and a 20% buffer.”

NPFMC 280 Day 2 - October 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Amy Pantaleon

“So for Heather Grace Sultan, 9. David Pinkish, 2. Peter Denmark, 3. Perfect.”

Whittier: Pre-Canvass: Counting of the Absentee and Questioned Ballots 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Amy Pantaleon

“9, 10, 11. Yes.”

Whittier: Pre-Canvass: Counting of the Absentee and Questioned Ballots 2026 · Oct 9, 2026

Lynn (Chair, Canvass Board)

“This one is Burns, after deadline.”

Seward: Canvass Board 2026 Muni Election · Oct 9, 2026

Lynn (Chair, Canvass Board)

“All right. So we are to determine if these votes should be counted. In addition to a voter not being registered in the City of Seward, there are a variety of other reasons why a ballot cannot be counted in this election. And we'll refer to the count/no count guidelines on page 6.”

Seward: Canvass Board 2026 Muni Election · Oct 9, 2026

Lynn (Chair, Canvass Board)

“Um, Tyler Bailey. Okay, outside city limits.”

Seward: Canvass Board 2026 Muni Election · Oct 9, 2026

Lynn (Chair, Canvass Board)

“2 Question and 3 special needs.”

Seward: Canvass Board 2026 Muni Election · Oct 9, 2026

Lynn (Chair, Canvass Board)

“Male will be counted. 51 Absentee in person.”

Seward: Canvass Board 2026 Muni Election · Oct 9, 2026

Lynn (Chair, Canvass Board)

“Michael Little. Outside city limits.”

Seward: Canvass Board 2026 Muni Election · Oct 9, 2026

Lynn (Chair, Canvass Board)

“This is Perry, and she's registered at Pleasanton.”

Seward: Canvass Board 2026 Muni Election · Oct 9, 2026

Jeremiah Gardner “Would you be okay if that was something I just put in my manager's report?”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026

Seema Garoutte “those bookings on RentalScape really aren't bookings.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026

Seema Garoutte “We identified 169 short-term rentals in September of 2025 compared to the 165 in September of 2026. Based on what we've seen over the 3 years we've been tracking it, the overall numbers appear to have, um, remained fairly consistent.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026

Seema Garoutte “For example, it may tell us there are 165 identified short-term rentals within 524 listings. We can then work through those properties and make sure that we have business personal property accounts for them.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026

Jared Griffin “kind of like the policy direction is to see how many whole houses are coming off the market. I don't know, I don't think we're necessarily concerned with in this regard, ADUs and basements and, you know, one-room attached apartments”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026

Seema Garoutte “The 524 is the big number difference. So if they are listed on Airbnb 3 different ways, because you can have one property that has 3 different Airbnb rentals on it”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026

Jared Griffin “I think I'm just looking forward to more evidence about if there's still some housing displacement going on, because some of these rentals could just be a basement, an ADU, and we don't have that necessarily broken down for us.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026

Seema Garoutte “That last question, I was going to ask if the transient housing accommodations tax department— I think that's Sue Zimmerman— do they get access to this at all?”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026

Dora Cross “I don't have any access to the program, and I haven't seen it. So I've never compared it to what we're currently receiving from anybody. Seems like a powerful tool, but that's all I have.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026

Seema Garoutte “I think assessing uses this software more than community development. I think Chris and Bronwyn both told me that they've logged in one time and then have never logged in again.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026

Jeremiah Gardner “does it give you like an easy, easy to look at overview of all of the supposed rentals and the money coming in and how accurate, if you could give it like a letter grade, do you think the software is in, in giving you a fiscal wide view on things?”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026

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