Alaska's Peltola Announces $277 Million to Alaska Fisheries Disasters
Last week, Alaska’s U.S. House Representative Mary S. Peltola announced $277 million in financial relief for ten fisheries disasters that have occurred in Alaska between 2018 and 2022. The funding will go from NOAA Fisheries in the Department of Commerce to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSFMC) and will be distributed in partnership between the PSFMC, the State of Alaska, and Tribal leaders.
Peltola wrote to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo last April, urging action and expressing concerns about “three groups of fishery disaster funds that were stuck ...
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