We need to manifest that when it comes to policies that hurt us in our fisheries, the federal government has got to do their job. They will. If I'm elected to Congress, I'm going to fight for that. Mister Bigich? Well, We do have a major issue in international waters, and we have an issue with international operators entering our own sovereign waters and accessing our fish populations. I think that we need to make sure that the coast guard is fully funded and that they maintain their mandate to ensure that they are interdicting vessels that are entering our waters and illegally. (19:39–19:54)
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Asserts that there are issues with international operators illegally accessing U.S. fish populations.
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