In terms of Gov. Dunleavy's budget cuts, fisheries fare better than most people
July 18, 2019
Fisheries fare better than most people in terms of Governor Mike Dunleavy’s budget cuts.
Just under one million dollars was cut from the commercial fisheries division of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, leaving it with an $85 million budget, half from state general funds.
“To give the governor credit, he recognized the return on investment,” said Doug Vincent-Lang, ADF&G Commissioner. “It’s a theme I had all the way through the legislature that we take a $200 million budget of which about $50 million is unrestricted general funds and we turn that into an $11 billion retur...
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