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Governors
ask for emergency fish funds
Salmon
- The western leaders write to Congress for help with lost jobs and
revenue
FROM
STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
The
Oregonian
Oregon Gov. Ted
Kulongoski, together with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and
Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire, sent a letter to U.S. House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi asking Congress to begin securing emergency financial aid
for ocean salmon fishermen and businesses that will be affected by the
collapse of one of the West Coast's biggest wild salmon runs.
Earlier this month, the
Pacific Fisheries Management Council recommended closing the
The letter, sent Monday,
says the three states are expected to lose $290 million and more than
4,200 jobs from the fishery closure.
"Unfortunately this
is familiar territory. Ocean salmon fishermen, related businesses and
their families were hit hard in 2006 and now are bracing for an even
greater economic hit this year," Kulongoski said. "There
should be no delay in getting these emergency funds to affected
Oregonians."
The governors' letter
follows their request to Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez to declare
a fishery resource disaster and a commercial fishery failure. Such
declarations provide Congress significant leverage to appropriate
disaster relief funds.
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