NOAA Firings, Cuts Will Reduce Services Used to Manage Alaska fisheries, Officials Say
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Data analysis, salmon research and other services will be impacted, officials say.
Trump administration job cuts in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will result in less scientific information that is needed to set and oversee Alaska seafood harvests, agency officials have warned fishery managers.
Since January, the Alaska regional office of NOAA Fisheries, also called the National Marine Fisheries Service, has lost 28 employees, about a quarter of its workforce, said Jon Kurland, the agency’s Alaska director.
“This, of course, reduces our capacity in...
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