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NOAA: $100 Million Of Disaster-relief Aid Available To U.S. West Coast Salmon Fishermen 
US Source: Underwatertimes 9/18/2008

NOAA’s Fisheries Service announced today that it is making $100 million of disaster-relief aid available to West Coast salmon fishermen.

“The salmon fishery has been a mainstay of the West Coast’s ocean fishing revenues for many years,” said U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez. “This year’s closure left thousands of fishermen and dependent businesses struggling to make ends meet. This disaster aid package of $100 million will help them get back on their feet.”

The agency will provide the money in the form of a grant to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. The commission will distribute the money, based on the agreements reached with the states, to fishermen and related businesses affected by this year’s closure of the ocean salmon fishing season off California, Oregon, and Washington.
 

The unprecedented collapse of Sacramento River Fall Chinook, combined with the exceptionally poor status of Coho salmon from Oregon and Washington, led officials to close all commercial and sport Chinook ocean fishing off California and most of Oregon this year. Only a small hatchery-origin recreational Coho fishery off central and southern Oregon remained open, which also affected Washington fishermen.

The governors of all three West Coast states requested a federal disaster declaration as a result of the closures. The declaration, issued by the Secretary of Commerce last May, paved the way for Congress to appropriate a $170 million disaster-relief package in July.

 
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