What a State Budget-Triggered Shutdown Will Mean for Alaska's Fisheries
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Factor] by Laine Welch - June 12, 2017
Want a fishing license to crew on a salmon boat this summer? Got friends or family visiting who want to wet a line for a prized Alaska catch? Don't count on it.
If the Alaska Legislature continues to defy its constitutional obligation to pass a budget, those opportunities will be lost because there won't be any state workers to issue fishing licenses. Layoff notices went out June 1 to thousands of state employees who will be off the job at the July 1 start of the fiscal year...
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