tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post6313338275450113584..comments2024-03-28T14:57:56.538-08:00Comments on Deckboss: Alaska gets in lineDeckbosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17148693485334011720noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-87823483107000693762012-09-14T06:28:37.530-08:002012-09-14T06:28:37.530-08:00Congress can save the United States a lot of money...Congress can save the United States a lot of money if they direct the Community Development Quota program to address the lack of King Salmon for the Western Alaska communities. The CDQs are pumping these "community development" millions back into the same fishery in the Bering Sea that is known to kill off the King Salmon as Bycatch. This misuse of federal dollars is helping to destroy the hundreds year old tradition and culture of the poor Alaska Natives living on the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers as well as the little rivers to the northwest, in the Norton Sound. The origional intent of the CDQ money was buried in the Coast Guard Rider to the Magnuson-Stevens Act of 2006. That misguided direction of the CDQs needs to be undone.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com