Federal agency declares West Coast salmon fishery a disaster
May 2nd, 2008 By JEFF BARNARD, Associated Press Writer(AP) -- Federal authorities have declared the West Coast ocean salmon fishery a failure, opening the way for Congress to appropriate economic disaster assistance for coastal communities in California, Oregon and Washington.
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$290,000,000 of federal disaster relief of is requested even though direct loss is $82,000,000. This is a reverse-pork raid on the federal treasury by the west coast states.