Anchorage Daily News: Budget Items In D.C. Affect Alaska Fisheries – September 18, 2011

Anchorage Daily News: Budget Items In D.C. Affect Alaska Fisheries

Fisheries are on the receiving end of federal dollars, instead of the other way around. As congressional lawmakers slash budgets in D.C., money for all-important fishery stock assessments was actually increased from $51 million to $67 million for the next fiscal year, the amount requested by President Barack Obama…