U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today determined there are commercial fishery failures for nine salmon and crab fisheries in Alaska, California and Washington.
In recent years, each of these fisheries experienced sudden and unexpected large decreases in fish stock biomass or loss of access due to unusual ocean and climate conditions. This decision enables fishing communities to seek disaster relief assistance from Congress.
In Alaska:
- Gulf of Alaska pink salmon fisheries (2016)
In California:
- California Dungeness and rock crab fishery (2015-2016)
- Yurok Tribe Klamath River Chinook salmon fishery (2016)
In Washington:
- Fraser River Makah Tribe and Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe sockeye salmon fisheries (2014)
- Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay non-treaty coho salmon fishery (2015)
- Nisqually Indian Tribe, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, and Squaxin Island Tribe South Puget Sound salmon fisheries (2015)
- Quinault Indian Nation Grays Harbor and Queets River coho salmon fishery (2015)
- Quileute Tribe Dungeness crab fishery (2015-2016)
- Ocean salmon troll fishery (2016)
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