… leadership level, I think there's relief among fishermen that someone is saying this out loud in public and wanting to have these really hard conversations. And, of course, we need, We have to have our commercial fishing sector. It is a huge pillar of our Alaskan economy. And like I said, it's our identity for most of us, and it's a family business, and it's everything to us. It's not only our identity, but our identity back through the generations. (38:45–38:54)
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Asserts that the commercial fishing sector is crucial to Alaska's economy.
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