Newport stuck its neck out and did the heavy lifting. Some of the other ports resent us for that. There probably are some hard feelings out there.

I learned years ago you can shape your own destiny if you do get involved. There have always been a few guys willing to carry water for the rest of the fleet. Now more people are showing up.

There's a lot of overcapacity in the fishery that will need to be addressed. Probably that won't be without some pain for some people.

Every time you lose that pre-soak, the danger increases. It's the race to fish.

It broke down this year, with both sides not able to agree, and so we went into our usual free-for-all. I think the legislation was great. It's not required that we use it, it's not required that we get to a conclusion. Maybe next year it'll be better.

not good enough to be endorsed by Fox News.