Alaska Fisheries Trust Bill Supported During First House Hearing
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Peggy Parker - February 21, 2018
A bill that gives critical support to young people entering the “graying” Alaska fishing fleet, received enthusiastic support yesterday at its first hearing in the Alaska House.
HB188, sponsored by Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, “establishes regional fisheries trusts, to provide a mechanism to help new fishermen enter Alaska fisheries.”
That mechanism is a community entity, governed by a Board that is representative of the region, what would be able to hold permits and then ...
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