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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlaska governor seeks disaster aid for weak salmon runs
Source: Reuters
Alaska governor seeks disaster aid for weak salmon runs
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska | Sat Jul 14, 2012 11:20pm EDT
(Reuters) - Alaska's governor asked the Obama administration on Saturday to declare a fisheries disaster for parts of the state where weak salmon runs are taking a toll on Native Alaskan villagers who rely on wild fish for food and as one of their few income sources.
Governor Sean Parnell made the request to acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank in a move that could free up some financial aid for impoverished residents of villages that depend on salmon from the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers in western Alaska.
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If granted by the acting secretary, the disaster declaration would not automatically trigger financial aid. Such aid, available under federal law, would have to be appropriated by Congress, according to the National Marine Fisheries Service.
On the Kuskokwim River, the 2012 salmon return is shaping up as one of the worst in state history, according to state Department of Fish and Game figures. There have been rolling closures there for even the traditional subsistence harvests.
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By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska | Sat Jul 14, 2012 11:20pm EDT
(Reuters) - Alaska's governor asked the Obama administration on Saturday to declare a fisheries disaster for parts of the state where weak salmon runs are taking a toll on Native Alaskan villagers who rely on wild fish for food and as one of their few income sources.
Governor Sean Parnell made the request to acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank in a move that could free up some financial aid for impoverished residents of villages that depend on salmon from the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers in western Alaska.
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If granted by the acting secretary, the disaster declaration would not automatically trigger financial aid. Such aid, available under federal law, would have to be appropriated by Congress, according to the National Marine Fisheries Service.
On the Kuskokwim River, the 2012 salmon return is shaping up as one of the worst in state history, according to state Department of Fish and Game figures. There have been rolling closures there for even the traditional subsistence harvests.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/15/us-usa-alaska-salmon-idUSBRE86E00S20120715
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Alaska governor seeks disaster aid for weak salmon runs (Original Post)
Eugene
Jul 2012
OP
Beautiful, lets see Congress voting on disaster relief for a bad salmon run
Motown_Johnny
Jul 2012
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Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)1. Beautiful, lets see Congress voting on disaster relief for a bad salmon run
in an election year.
Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)2. Parnell is a world class POS.
Wants to give away two billion to oil corporations but then ask the federal government, which he sues regularly about staying out of Alaska's business, to give us money.
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)3. Alaska has no state personal income tax and no state sales tax -- they can handle this themselves...
panzerfaust
(2,818 posts)4. I cannot recall if it is Alaska or one of the Southern states
? Mississippi, ? Alabama, which, per capita, gets the most money from the federal government?