JUNEAU, Ak. — January 13, 2015 — A federal agency has approved distribution of the final $13 million of aid allocated to Alaska for the 2012 Chinook salmon fishery failure.
Congress last year approved $75 million for fisheries disasters nationwide, including $20.8 million for Alaska. An initial round of in aid included direct payments to commercial fishermen in the Yukon-Kuskokwim and Cook Inlet regions.