NMFS Alaska loses nearly a quarter of its staff

The National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region, had 115 federal employees on Jan. 1. Now, the count is 87, down 24 percent.

The staff losses are "due to a combination of probationary terminations, the Deferred Resignation Program, Voluntary Early Retirement, and voluntary separations in anticipation of a Reduction in Force," NMFS says in this report to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council.

The agency names many of the departed folks, saying something nice about each.