SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is requesting disaster relief from the federal government for the state’s strained commercial salmon industry.
The governor submitted the formal aid request this week to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.
Brown wrote that the economic return from commercial salmon fishing along most of the coast since 2018 has been less than one-third of what it was in previous years.
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