Shaheen, Ayotte Welcome Distribution of Fishery Disaster Funds to New Hampshire Fishing Industry
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) today welcomed an announcement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that New Hampshire will be receiving nearly $1 million in direct federal fishery disaster assistance by Friday. Read more here 17:11
Why has NH been notified by NOAA about a date for receiving their disaster funds (Friday, Aug. 15), & no other state has seemingly received a similar notification? Is this another attempt by NOAA to further sow the seeds of distrust among the fishermen of the various states? It’s gotten to the point where everything that occurs from NMFS/NOAA is just furthering the divides.
Jim Kendall-NBSC