New Report Finds Rural Alaska Losing Access to Fisheries
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [AK Public Media] by Berett Wilber - December 21, 2017
The increasing costs to get into Alaska’s fisheries are making it difficult for new fishermen to break into the business — especially in rural, coastal communities, according to a recent report from University of Alaska Fairbanks and SeaGrant scientists.
They worry that in an industry once defined by hard work, a fishermen’s success now mainly depends on access to money.
The year is 1971. America was losing the Vietnam War. The Beatles broke up. The personal computer wouldn’t exist for another decade. And Jim Moore moved to Southeast Alaska to go fishing ...
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