The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission Seeks Proposals for ’12 Salmon Disaster Funds
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Morris News Service - Alaska] By DJ Summers - October 15, 2015
The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission is asking for proposals on how to spend $2.2 million in federal disaster funds geared toward salmon research in Cook Inlet and the Yukon-Kuskokwim region.
The funding opportunities will be welcome in wake of state budget cuts that claimed the Chinook Salmon Research Initiative. The program was slated to give $30 million over a period of years for in-river chinook studies, but only $15 million was used before Gov. Bill Walker’s administration cut the funding.
Randy Fisher, the commission’s executive director,...
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