Proposed state fisheries budget holds steady for FY21 May 5th 10:01 pm |
The budget for Alaska s commercial fisheries division is facing no cuts for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming the current numbers make it through the Legislature. The governor s proposed budget is at about $72.8 million, which is a slight increase from the FY21 approved budget. And most of that increase is due to our personnel services, cost of living increases and things like that that are funded by the administration generally. And also from some additional federal funds for training and things like that. So we re looking pretty good compared to past years, said Sam Rabung, director of the commercial fisheries division, the largest within the Alaska Deptartment of Fish and Game, which employs just over 640 full-time, part-time and seasonal workers.
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Anticipation builds for official start of Alaska’s 2021 salmon season Published 5 days ago
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Print article Alaska’s 2021 salmon season officially starts on Monday, May 17, with a 12-hour opener for reds and kings at the Copper River. All eyes will be on early Cordova dock prices for Alaska’s famous “first fresh salmon of the season” as an indicator of wild salmon markets. COVID-forced closures in 2020 of high end restaurants and seafood outlets tanked starting prices to $3 per pound for sockeyes and $6.50 for king salmon, down from $10 and $14, respectively the previous year. But early signs are looking good.
Pebble keeps reshuffling the deck but it’s a bad bet Author: Indy Walton Published 3 hours ago
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Print article “The Gambler,” perhaps Kenny Rogers’ most well-known country song, cautions poker players “to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em.” It is a lesson the Pebble Limited Partnership has yet to learn in its misguided effort to permit and build the proposed Pebble mine. The reality is that Pebble would threaten Bristol Bay’s existing multi-billion-dollar fishing economy and subsistence culture and is a project that a majority of Alaskans don’t want to see built. It is long past due for Pebble to acknowledge these hard truths and fold its hand.
Proposed state fisheries budget holds steady for FY21 May 5th 10:01 pm |
The budget for Alaska s commercial fisheries division is facing no cuts for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming the current numbers make it through the Legislature. The governor s proposed budget is at about $72.8 million, which is a slight increase from the FY21 approved budget. And most of that increase is due to our personnel services, cost of living increases and things like that that are funded by the administration generally. And also from some additional federal funds for training and things like that. So we re looking pretty good compared to past years, said Sam Rabung, director of the commercial fisheries division, the largest within the Alaska Deptartment of Fish and Game, which employs just over 640 full-time, part-time and seasonal workers.