NOAA is allocating $123.6 million in fishery resource disaster funding to address fishery resource disasters in Oregon, California, the Squaxin Island tribe, and multiple Alaska fisheries between 2019 and 2023.
‘Fishery resource disasters have devastating effects on local communities and our economy,’ said NOAA administrator Neil Jacobs.
‘This disaster funding provides much needed assistance to our fishing industry, and we will work with the affected communities to help them recover.’
The announcement applies to previously declared fishery resource disasters, including th 2023/2024 Bering Sea snow crab fishery in Alaska, the 2023 Oregon ocean commercial salmon fishery, the 2022 Chignik salmon fishery in Alaska, the 2023 Upper Cook Inlet East Side Setnet salmon fishery in Alaska, the 2024 State of California Sacramento River Fall Chinook and Klamath River Fall Chinook ocean and inland salmon fisheries, and the 2023 Squaxin Island Tribe Puget Sound Fall Chum salmon fishery in Washington.
NOAA Fisheries used commercial revenue loss information to allocate funding across the eligible disasters.
‘These fishery resource disasters are of great concern for the fishing industry and the people and communities that depend on these fisheries to support their local economies,’ said assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries Eugenio Piñeiro Soler.
‘NOAA will continue to provide guidance and resources to boost recovery and support more resilient fishing communities in the future.’
