Nick Begich emphasized fighting for the state, Peltola focused on support in Congress and John Howe called himself a 'third wheel.'
Nick Begich, Republican candidate for U.S. House, speaks during a Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 debate in Kodiak. At center is Alaskan Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe, and at right is Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska.
“We need to have a fish caucus that is bipartisan, and I think that’s important. I think it’s also important that we be honest in politics. And you know, I’m seeing ads right now from, again, one of my opponents up here on stage that says, ‘If you elect Nick Begich, there’ll be no more fish,’” Begich said.
Peltola wasn’t allowed an immediate rebuttal but later said, “I came here tonight excited to talk about fish and fishermen and fishing families and the fishing industry. And I think it’s pathetic that it’s devolved a bit into petty backbiting. I am not interested in that. I don’t know what attack ad is being referred to. I know nothing of this. That was not my ad.”
When asked how Congress should deal with climate change’s effects on Alaska fisheries, Peltola discussed her support for renewable energy and Begich talked about programs to deal with eroding shorelines. Howe said it should be dealt with “on a personal level,” and that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere may not be bad because plants and plankton need carbon dioxide to live.
The state of Alaska has repeatedly closed or limited subsistence and sport salmon fisheries due to low salmon returns, but commercial fishing trawlers are permitted to catch significant numbers of salmon as bycatch in federally regulated fisheries, an issue that Peltola and Begich each said they support additional research and technology development to limit bycatch.
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