North Pacific Fishery Management Council Tightens its Belt as Funding Comes 'In Dribs and Drabs'
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The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, a federal board that helps oversee federal fisheries off Alaska's coast, is scaling back operations due to uncertainty over federal funding.
The council meets five times a year to help set fishing policies, like quotas, regulations and bycatch restrictions. But federal budget cuts under President Donald Trump have whittled down the organization's resources, forcing them to scale back their activities.
At a meeting earlier this month, the council said it had received less than half of its federal funds...
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