The Secretary has to show the record supports the action, in writing and in public
What the document says“the Secretary shall demonstrate in writing (and make such writing publicly available on the website of the Secretary) that, in consideration of the whole record, including Indigenous knowledge, such regulation, assessment, determination, or finding is supported by substantial evidence.”
The duty runs to four kinds of action named in the subparagraph: promulgating a regulation or making an assessment pursuant to a hearing or proceeding under this subsection or section 117(b)(2), making a determination of depletion under this subsection, and making a finding regarding unmitigable adverse impacts under subsection (a)(5) that affects stocks or persons the subsection covers. For each, the Secretary demonstrates in writing that the action is supported by substantial evidence on the whole record, and the record is stated to include Indigenous knowledge. The writing is made publicly available on the Secretary's website.
What the document actually says“the Secretary shall demonstrate in writing (and make such writing publicly available on the website of the Secretary) that, in consideration of the whole record, including Indigenous knowledge, such regulation, assessment, determination, or finding is supported by substantial evidence.”
The Secretary has to put the reasons in writing. The writing has to go on the Secretary's website. It has to show the whole record backs the choice. Alaska Native knowledge counts as part of that record.
The record is everything the Secretary looked at. This part says what the writing has to cover. It also says the public gets to read it.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.