Hatchery Program Funded by Alaska Fishermen
This is Alaska Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch –
Commercial fishermen pick up the tab for just about anyone who catches a salmon in Alaska that started its life in a hatchery.
That was revealed during a hearing last week of the House Fisheries Committee on the state’s hatchery program which began in the mid-1970s to enhance Alaska’s wild salmon runs.
“Who funds the hatchery programs?” asked Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins of Sitka referring to the 25 private, non-profit associations that operate in Prince William Sound, Southeast Alaska, Kodiak and Cook Inlet...
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