Relief Bills Seek $140 Million Aid for California Crab and Salmon Fishery Disasters
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Press Democrat] by Mary Callahan - May 8, 2017
California lawmakers introduced new legislation last week seeking to unlock $117 million in federal disaster aid for commercial fishermen and other business owners financially scarred by a series of catastrophic crab and salmon seasons threatening to upend the state’s fishing industry.
North Coast representatives including Congressmen Jared Huffman and Mike Thompson, state Sen. Mike McGuire and Assemblyman Jim Wood, also have petitioned Gov. Jerry Brown to seek a disaster declaration for this year’s severely restricted salmon season...
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