Gov. Sean Parnell today signed off on a new state budget, and it contains several capital items of interest to the commercial fishing community.
Here are four that Deckboss found especially interesting. Click on each to read a project snapshot.
Yakutat Regional Aquaculture Association, $100,000
ASMI canned salmon, herring and protein powder project, $300,000
Kaltag Traditional Council fish processing plant, $447,308
CDQ fleet homeport project, $10 million
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Legislature lavishes aquaculture industry with cash
Alaska
is a state flush with billions of dollars in surplus oil revenue.
So it’s not unusual to see our legislators spend a good chunk of that money every year on capital projects — everything from road improvements to research equipment to artificial turf for high school football fields.
Deckboss reviewed the new capital budget the Legislature passed April 15 and couldn’t help but notice the sizeable sums awarded to the state’s hatchery operators, as well as shellfish growers.
Hatcheries are a huge factor in Alaska’s “wild” salmon harvests. The hatcheries pump millions of baby fish into the ocean, many to return as adult salmon that sustain commercial fleets and processors.
Legislators tend to notice industries employing thousands of people, so it’s no surprise to see some serious hatchery love in the capital budget.
It also helps to have a persuasive lobbyist in Juneau.
The Cordova-based Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp., one of the state’s biggest hatchery operators, employed two lobbyists this year for a combined $75,000, state records show.
Another hatchery operator, Juneau-based Armstrong-Keta Inc., employed a lobbyist for $30,000, and the Ketchikan-based Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association paid its lobbyist $15,000.
Anyway, here is a list of aquaculture items compiled from the capital budget bill, which is headed to the governor for his signature — and for possible line item vetoes.
• Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association — hatchery equipment and deferred maintenance, $455,000
• Crystal Lake Hatchery — deferred maintenance, $650,000
• Metlakatla Indian Community — design and construction of chum hatchery, $500,000
• Metlakatla Indian Community — net pens and hatchery improvements, $150,000
• Prince Of Wales Hatchery Association — hatchery equipment replacements and upgrades, $475,000
• Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association — Hidden Falls Salmon Hatchery, $1,237,000
• Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association — Medvejie Hatchery maintenance and facility improvements, $900,000
• Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association — Haines/Skagway spawning channels, $620,000
• Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp. — Cannery Creek Hatchery, $5,263,000
• Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp. — Main Bay Hatchery, $864,000
• Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association — Trail Lakes Hatchery, $1,025,000
• Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association — Tutka Bay Hatchery, $699,000
• Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery, $460,000
• Kachemak Shellfish Mariculture Association — oyster remote setting facility, $60,000
• Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association — Kitoi Bay Hatchery, $1,550,000
• Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association — Pillar Creek Hatchery, $909,000
• Alaskan Shellfish Growers Association — shellfish industry technical assistance grants, $30,000
For a map of hatchery locations around the state, click here.
So it’s not unusual to see our legislators spend a good chunk of that money every year on capital projects — everything from road improvements to research equipment to artificial turf for high school football fields.
Deckboss reviewed the new capital budget the Legislature passed April 15 and couldn’t help but notice the sizeable sums awarded to the state’s hatchery operators, as well as shellfish growers.
Hatcheries are a huge factor in Alaska’s “wild” salmon harvests. The hatcheries pump millions of baby fish into the ocean, many to return as adult salmon that sustain commercial fleets and processors.
Legislators tend to notice industries employing thousands of people, so it’s no surprise to see some serious hatchery love in the capital budget.
It also helps to have a persuasive lobbyist in Juneau.
The Cordova-based Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp., one of the state’s biggest hatchery operators, employed two lobbyists this year for a combined $75,000, state records show.
Another hatchery operator, Juneau-based Armstrong-Keta Inc., employed a lobbyist for $30,000, and the Ketchikan-based Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association paid its lobbyist $15,000.
Anyway, here is a list of aquaculture items compiled from the capital budget bill, which is headed to the governor for his signature — and for possible line item vetoes.
• Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association — hatchery equipment and deferred maintenance, $455,000
• Crystal Lake Hatchery — deferred maintenance, $650,000
• Metlakatla Indian Community — design and construction of chum hatchery, $500,000
• Metlakatla Indian Community — net pens and hatchery improvements, $150,000
• Prince Of Wales Hatchery Association — hatchery equipment replacements and upgrades, $475,000
• Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association — Hidden Falls Salmon Hatchery, $1,237,000
• Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association — Medvejie Hatchery maintenance and facility improvements, $900,000
• Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association — Haines/Skagway spawning channels, $620,000
• Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp. — Cannery Creek Hatchery, $5,263,000
• Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp. — Main Bay Hatchery, $864,000
• Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association — Trail Lakes Hatchery, $1,025,000
• Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association — Tutka Bay Hatchery, $699,000
• Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery, $460,000
• Kachemak Shellfish Mariculture Association — oyster remote setting facility, $60,000
• Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association — Kitoi Bay Hatchery, $1,550,000
• Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association — Pillar Creek Hatchery, $909,000
• Alaskan Shellfish Growers Association — shellfish industry technical assistance grants, $30,000
For a map of hatchery locations around the state, click here.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Quite a fishy haul in state capital budget
Gov. Sean Parnell last week signed the fiscal 2012 capital budget, which totals more than $2.7 billion. Deckboss took a look and found quite a few items of interest to the fishing industry — items that survived the governor's veto pen. Here's a list, starting with the state department affiliated with each project.
• Commerce — Bristol Bay Borough, port expansion, $2,000,000
• Commerce — Cordova, breakwater extension and boat ramp, $1,400,000
• Fish and Game — Cordova, dock and uplands improvements, $650,000
• Commerce — Egegik, dock repair, $55,000
• Commerce — Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Mariculture Research Facility, $300,000
• Commerce — Kodiak Island Borough, Anton Larsen dock, $2,000,000
• Commerce — Kodiak Maritime Museum, Harbor Gateway Project, $298,000
• Commerce — Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Island Packing Co. freezer expansion, $2,000,000
• Commerce — Prince of Wales Island, Alaska Oyster Cooperative, upgrade existing building to a shellfish processing facility, $106,500
• Commerce — Seward, Alutiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery upgrade, $250,000
• Commerce — Seward, CDQ fishing fleet relocation study, $400,000
• Commerce — Wrangell, boat yard improvements, $3,700,000
• Commerce — Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association, Yukon River Chinook salmon management plan, $300,000
• Commerce — Alaska Sustainable Salmon Fund program, $1,030,000
• Fish and Game — Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, $12,000,000
• Fish and Game — Pacific Salmon Treaty Chinook fishery mitigation, $7,500,000
• Commerce — Celebrate Seafood Inc., advancing a National Seafood Marketing Association, $200,000
• Transportation — Feasibility study, joint moorage facility for Alaska Marine Highway System ferries and NOAA research vessels, $500,000
• Public Safety — Marine fisheries patrol improvements, $2,000,000
• Fish and Game — Westward Region Didson sonar purchase, $105,000
• Commerce — Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, Trail Lakes Hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $865,000
• Commerce — Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, Tustumena Lake smolt out-migration monitoring, $45,000
• Commerce — Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, Tutka Bay Hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $591,000
• Commerce — Douglas Island Pink and Chum Inc., Snettisham Hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $1,250,000
• Commerce — Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association, Kitoi Bay Hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $1,308,000
• Commerce — Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association, lake nutrient enrichment project, $720,000
• Commerce — Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association, Pillar Creek Hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $767,000
• Commerce — Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association, net pens and hatchery deferred maintenance, $707,800
• Commerce — Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association, Hidden Falls Hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $1,044,000
• Commerce — Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp., nets pens and hatchery deferred maintenance, $426,000
• Commerce — Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp., Cannery Creek hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $2,224,000
• Commerce — Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp., Gulkana Hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $838,000
• Commerce — Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp., Main Bay Hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $2,113,000
• Commerce — Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association, net pens and hatchery deferred maintenance, $400,000
• Commerce — Bristol Bay Borough, port expansion, $2,000,000
• Commerce — Cordova, breakwater extension and boat ramp, $1,400,000
• Fish and Game — Cordova, dock and uplands improvements, $650,000
• Commerce — Egegik, dock repair, $55,000
• Commerce — Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Mariculture Research Facility, $300,000
• Commerce — Kodiak Island Borough, Anton Larsen dock, $2,000,000
• Commerce — Kodiak Maritime Museum, Harbor Gateway Project, $298,000
• Commerce — Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Island Packing Co. freezer expansion, $2,000,000
• Commerce — Prince of Wales Island, Alaska Oyster Cooperative, upgrade existing building to a shellfish processing facility, $106,500
• Commerce — Seward, Alutiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery upgrade, $250,000
• Commerce — Seward, CDQ fishing fleet relocation study, $400,000
• Commerce — Wrangell, boat yard improvements, $3,700,000
• Commerce — Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association, Yukon River Chinook salmon management plan, $300,000
• Commerce — Alaska Sustainable Salmon Fund program, $1,030,000
• Fish and Game — Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, $12,000,000
• Fish and Game — Pacific Salmon Treaty Chinook fishery mitigation, $7,500,000
• Commerce — Celebrate Seafood Inc., advancing a National Seafood Marketing Association, $200,000
• Transportation — Feasibility study, joint moorage facility for Alaska Marine Highway System ferries and NOAA research vessels, $500,000
• Public Safety — Marine fisheries patrol improvements, $2,000,000
• Fish and Game — Westward Region Didson sonar purchase, $105,000
• Commerce — Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, Trail Lakes Hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $865,000
• Commerce — Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, Tustumena Lake smolt out-migration monitoring, $45,000
• Commerce — Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, Tutka Bay Hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $591,000
• Commerce — Douglas Island Pink and Chum Inc., Snettisham Hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $1,250,000
• Commerce — Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association, Kitoi Bay Hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $1,308,000
• Commerce — Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association, lake nutrient enrichment project, $720,000
• Commerce — Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association, Pillar Creek Hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $767,000
• Commerce — Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association, net pens and hatchery deferred maintenance, $707,800
• Commerce — Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association, Hidden Falls Hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $1,044,000
• Commerce — Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp., nets pens and hatchery deferred maintenance, $426,000
• Commerce — Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp., Cannery Creek hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $2,224,000
• Commerce — Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp., Gulkana Hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $838,000
• Commerce — Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp., Main Bay Hatchery maintenance and upgrade, $2,113,000
• Commerce — Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association, net pens and hatchery deferred maintenance, $400,000
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Legislature ponders oil-fueled spending spree
Only five days remain in the legislative session, and we're getting down to the really fun part — consideration of the capital budget.
The capital budget is essentially a long list of earmarks for state and local projects, everything from airport upgrades to zoo equipment.
Legislators fund this annual spendorama with Alaska's vast surplus oil revenue.
Yesterday the Senate Finance Committee rolled out a $2.8 billion capital budget. You can see it here.
Deckboss took a look and found lots of interesting items including $400,000 for a "CDQ Fishing Fleet Relocation Study."
For the background on this, click here.
The capital budget is essentially a long list of earmarks for state and local projects, everything from airport upgrades to zoo equipment.
Legislators fund this annual spendorama with Alaska's vast surplus oil revenue.
Yesterday the Senate Finance Committee rolled out a $2.8 billion capital budget. You can see it here.
Deckboss took a look and found lots of interesting items including $400,000 for a "CDQ Fishing Fleet Relocation Study."
For the background on this, click here.
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