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Alaska fishery disaster relief tracker
13 Alaska fishery disaster requests are waiting on NOAA, and $237 million in relief has been funded since 2018. Here's where each one stands, in plain language.
Every Alaska fishery disaster request since 2018
From NOAA Fisheries' disaster determinations, updated nightly, with the next step where one is known.
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How disaster money gets to a fishing family
- The State asks. The Governor (or a tribe) requests a fishery resource disaster determination.
- NOAA decides. Commerce rules on the request, often long after its due date.
- Congress pays. Approved disasters wait for an appropriation, then NOAA allocates the money.
- A spend plan says who gets what. ADF&G drafts it, takes public comments (permit holders and crew can weigh in), and finalizes it.
- Applications open. The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission takes applications and pays out.
What to have ready
- Fish tickets or landings records for the disaster years and the comparison years.
- Your CFEC permit details, and crew records if you hired crew.
- A current mailing address and email on file, so you hear when applications open.
Questions people ask
Is there money available for Alaska fishery disasters right now?
Some. Funded disasters pay out through a spend plan and an application window; requested ones are still waiting on NOAA. The tracker above shows which is which.
Why is it taking so long?
Each step (NOAA's decision, the appropriation, the spend plan and its comment periods, the application window) takes months. Past Cook Inlet disasters took about a year from the final spend plan to payments.
Who can get relief?
Each spend plan sets that. It usually covers permit holders who fished the affected fishery in the disaster years, and often crew, processors and communities.
Can Linea Divina check whether a disaster covers my permit?
Yes, free. We match your public permit records to the disasters and tell you what to have ready.
Talk to an Alaskan about it
Free to start. We look at the public records first, then a short conversation. Flat prices if there's work worth doing.