Comment: Working as a processor is hard work, 26 years ago I was pull off a ship in Dutch harbor and flown to anchorage. A meeting with Senator Ted Steven's and Harvey Samuelson sr. - we talked about jobs opportunities for people living in western Alaska communities also the trash and debris from at sea bottom trawlers. This meeting during the North Pacific fishery management council would open up a lot of opportunities for western Alaska communities. Contracts back then were 120 days and 16 hrs a day. Sleeping conditions and the food had no complaints. During my 13 complete contacts I seen up to one third of the workers leave when we off load at Dutch harbor or Kodiak .I almost quit a few times - Harvey encouraged me to keep working, , the CDQ program did not come on a silver platter and was thought up when I was sorting pollack , look at all the opportunities the $$ the CDQ program has to offer. Ideas on how to invest in higher pay for CDQ residents also do value-added to keep the jobs here.