AK, WA Senators Join Forces to Get Disaster Declared So Funds Can Help the Crab Industry Now
Yesterday Republican and Democrat senators from Alaska and Washington co-signed an urgent letter to the Department of Commerce to “immediately declare a federal fishery disaster for the 2022-2023 Bering Sea snow crab, the 2022-2023 Bristol Bay red king crab, and the 2021-2022 Bristol Bay red king crab fisheries.”
The letter reminded Secretary Gina Raimondo that the State of Alaska had “requested a disaster under the under Section 312 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act … and Section ...
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