When NOAA doesn’t do stock assessment surveys, Alaska fishermen can't fish. Under President Biden, NOAA had historic levels of funding, and they still missed surveys. That is unacceptable. I pressed the Commerce Department Deputy Secretary nominee on concerns that the department is not prioritizing the staffing and approving funding for NOAA to complete this core responsibility of the federal government. Alaska fishermen don't want subsidies—they just want to fish. | Senator Dan Sullivan