In Ketchikan, candidates for Alaska governor talk marine highway, fish and climate change

The three leading candidates in the race to become governor of Alaska convened Wednesday in Ketchikan at the annual Southeast Conference meeting to answer questions about the how to make the Alaska Marine Highway System more viable, their views on the future of fish hatcheries, climate change and more.

In their second match-up this week, incumbent Gov. Bill Walker, an independent, Democratic former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich and former state Sen. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, covered some familiar ground — like their ideas for how to create a sustainable spending plan for the state.

But much of the discussion was more specific to Southeast Alaska, like questions about the Juneau Access Road project, and the candidates' positions on regulation changes that would allow road-building in the Tongass National Forest.

The Ketchikan Daily News live-streamed the event, which ran a bit over an hour and included 17 questions answered in front of a full room. You can watch the forum in full below. The election is Nov. 6.