Alaska fisheries and jobs from Ketchikan to the Yukon will be big losers if more than $7 million in federal funding is cut by Congress.
The looming shortfall took state policymakers by surprise, according to industry watchdog Bob Tkacz.
In his "Laws for the Sea," a weekly report on fisheries news before the Alaska Legislature, Tkacz said the state had already written the money into its FY09 budget for the fiscal year starting July 1.
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