CALIFORNIA一 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is in the process of creating a spending plan for a $15 million allocation from the CARES Act for California’s fishing-related industries.
On March 29, NOAA Fisheries announced the second allocation of $255 million from the CARES Act for commercial fishing, charters, aquaculture operations, cultural and ceremonial users, processors, and other businesses relating to fishing throughout the United States.
“This is the second round of CARES fishery funding,” said Craig Shuman, CDFW marine region manager. “We went through a process last summer and allocated funds to fishermen or people who fish in California, this is to protect those businesses that incurred a loss of 35 percent or more due to COVID.”
Shuman said that the first spend plan was based on individuals who held licenses through the department. Applications were sent out to those who held a license and then the applicants that met the criteria were given the amount that they paid for the license, and then the leftover funding was split evenly among the applicants.
The previous round of funding was about $18.5 million. There were 11,000 applications sent out and roughly 1,700 unique individual businesses who were affected by COVID-19 received funding.
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