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Alaska commercial fishing news and notes
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- I'm a journalist covering Alaska's commercial fishing industry. My real name is Wesley Loy. Reach me at wloy61@gmail.com.
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- The Gulf of Mexico
- PWS herring fishery wraps with 440-ton take
- Halibut takes another hit
- Juneau watch
- Washington watch
- Bright outlook for Cook Inlet sockeye
- A new cutter for Kodiak
- Another strong Sitka herring forecast
- Big sockeye catch predicted at Copper River
- Gunnar Knapp: Trump's Greenland talk isn't serious
- Trump administration fires Coast Guard chief
- EPIRB saves two in Kodiak capsizing
- Cutter of the year, and a Storis redux
- Togiak herring forecast
- Huge government pollock buy coming, ASMI says
- Legislative task force to meet again this week
- Good news for our best crab
- Circle salmon sales
- 'We are fishing on a depleted stock'
- Five things to watch
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4 comments:
What a dumb opinion. It would be a benefit for everyone if Greenland was added to the USA.
Having personally worked in Greenland multiple times, I'd say Mr. Knapp's "dumb opinion" is pretty accurate. The federal government can't effectively provide services to the current 50 states and outlying territories. And any potential revenue derived by resource extraction would stay in the offshore bank accounts of the corporations involved.
In Greenland people pay taxes, unlike in Alaska. Is that why you believe that the federal government should support you? Greenlanders pay a 28% Muni Tax, a 10% National tax, along with a Joint Muni Tax of 6%. And a flat tax of 35% for those in mining, oil, gas provided they are not taxed by the locals at about 42% total. The Finance Minister Called Trump, this was NOT Trump's idea. Maybe Alaska could enact some taxes, and then not cry so loud about the federal subsidies, like the $600 million that Denmark sends annually to Greenland, instead of the $600 million a month Alaska collect from Washington D.C.
The socioeconomic and infrastructure challenges in Alaska and Greenland are very similar. Both are based on resource extraction economies. The end result of a resource extraction economy is that a majority of the money earned from said resources does not stay in the local economy. This equates to increased reliance on grants/subsidies for basic services such as infrastructure. The population of Greenland is less than 60K, Alaska is over 700K. Using the above figures of $600M, Denmark spends more per capita than the fed spends in Alaska.
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