January 16, 2015 — NOAA Fisheries is announcing the approval of the second round of fisheries disaster funds in the amount of $13 million to assist fishermen affected by the 2012 commercial fisheries failure due to the fishery resource disaster for the Yukon Chinook fishery, Kuskokwim Chinook fishery, and the Cook Inlet salmon fishery.
This grant will be distributed as follows:
* $4.5 million in direct payments to the recreation fishing sector, including sport fishing guides and related business, to provide compensation for loss of income;
* $7.5 million for salmon disaster research, restoration, education, gear replacement/modification, and outreach, with $6.4 million for the Yukon/Kuskokwim region, and $1.1 million for Cook Inlet;
* $700,000 in direct payments to commercial buying stations and salmon buyers in the Cook Inlet area.
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