Continued operation of our facilities has allowed us to improve our technology and increase throughput efficiencies. This increased capacity is very important in any plant, but particularly for a ship-based design where deck space is limited. |
If I'm a betting person, I'm saying it probably won't be happening in Biloxi, ... I want [Biloxi tournament officials] to tell me it can't possibly happen. I think we owe it to them to let them tell us we can't possibly have it. In the mean time, I'll probably be making contingency plans for the east or west coast of Florida. |
It's an incredible fishery over there with the oil platforms, |
Sometimes a king in the [30-pound range] will win a tournament somewhere else. Over there you can catch a 40-45 pound fish and it won't even get you on the board. |
The better comparison would be with the Eisenhower administration and how they were figuring out how to adjust to the Cold War. (Eisenhower) took some strong actions, policies like massive (nuclear) retaliation, and things like that had a lot of opposition. |
This is not a pipe dream. What's exciting about this process is you don't have to drill any wells and you don't have to build any infrastructure, and you'd be putting these plants in the heartland of America, where you really need the jobs. |
Would I like to return there? Absolutely. But it's sponsor-driven, not heart-driven. |