Huffman Applauds Federal Funding for California Fishery Disasters

This is a press release from the office of Congressman Jared Huffman:

Congressman Jared Huffman via TwitterWashington, D.C.- Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) today announced that $25.8 million in federal disaster assistance will be allocated to individuals and businesses affected by the 2015-2016 closure of California’s commercial Dungeness and rock crab fisheries, along with $3.9 million to the Yurok Tribe which suffered a disaster in the fall Chinook fishery in 2016.

“For far too long, the North Coast has been waiting for this federal support to relieve the economic burden from several disastrous fishing seasons,” said Rep. Huffman. “Congress provided this fishery disaster funding and I’m glad that it is finally being delivered to communities in need. I know that the path to recovery for our fishing communities is long, but I’m grateful to see that some help is finally on the way.”

Rep. Huffman has been a tireless advocate for these struggling fishing communities and most recently led a group of bipartisan lawmakers in urging Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to quickly provide these allocations for the Pacific coast fishery disasters that were declared in 2017.

The bipartisan budget deal that passed Congress in February included this overdue fishery disaster relief for fishing communities. Fishery disaster funding was also distributed today to Alaska, Washington, and states and territories affected by 2017’s hurricanes.

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Pete
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Pete
5 years ago

Wow about time, thanks Congressman Huffman, it will hopefully not be too late for some.

LTL
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LTL
5 years ago

Sickening that we have these types representing us. Huffman is a career politician … biggest achievement of his life before politics was volleyball.

This “relief” is a joke … like most all government aid is

Dawn
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Dawn
5 years ago
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Every cloud has a black lining for LTL. I’ll bet some fisher folks are happier than you are about this news!