Alaska House Leaders Oppose Governor’s Plan to Allow Fish Farms, Dunleavy Responds in Video
The debate over whether to lift a 35-year ban on fish farms in Alaska continued yesterday. On Friday, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy proposed HB111, which would keep the ban on salmon farming but allow Alaskans to raise other finfish, in closed water systems, potentially for sale.
Yesterday, Rep. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, issued a written statement after reading the bill.
“Alaska’s commercial fishing industry, our coastal communities, and fishing families across the state are suffering through historically...
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