Comment Sought on Salmon Disaster Spend Plan
The State of Alaska, in consultation with stakeholders and NOAA Fisheries, is seeking public comment through Oct. 6 on the initial $131.8 million spend plan for the 2020-2021 statewide Salmon Disaster Initial Draft Spend Plan.
The money is intended to assist fishery participants harmed by the disaster, to improve fishery information used to assess and forecast future fishery performance and to develop management approaches that mitigate the impacts of future fishery disasters that cannot be prevented.
Allocation amounts include:
2019 Norton Sound Red King Crab: $1,433,137;
2020 Norton Sound, Yukon River, Kuskokwim River, Chignik, and Southeast Alaska salmon; and 2021 Yukon River salmon: $55,928,849;
2018 and 2020 Copper River and Prince William Sound salmon: $34,326,26...