Alaska's Fisheries Are Collapsing. This Congresswoman Is Taking on the Industry She Says Is to Blame. - POLITICO
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Mary Peltola won her election by campaigning on a platform to save the state’s prized fisheries. A powerful fishing lobby is standing in her way.
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Atlantic mackerel numbers have collapsed – can a moratorium bring
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Mary Peltola Is Sworn In as a Congresswoman - The New York Times
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Alaska's Fisheries Are Collapsing. This Congresswoman Is Taking on
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Alaska's Climate-Driven Fisheries Collapse Is Devastating
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As climate change and high costs plague Alaska's fisheries, fewer
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Alaska's Fisheries Are Collapsing. This Congresswoman Is Taking on
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Alaska Business November 2020 by Alaska Business - Issuu
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Alaska's Fisheries Are Collapsing. This Congresswoman Is Taking on
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1,820,504 lbs of halibut and 19,069 king salmon wasted already