Industry Steps in to Protect Economic Value of Bristol Bay Fisheries in Face of ADF&G Budget Cuts
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafoodnews] by Peggy Parker - August 23, 2017
Over the last five years, in an effort to reduce the state's budget deficit, Alaska’s Fish and Game budget was reduced by 30%, eliminating projects that informed and supported in-season salmon management, in the Bay and elsewhere.
The cuts begin a cascade of belt-tightening and lost opportunity for the industry: less data from fish monitoring means managers make more cautious decisions which mean less ...
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