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The Associated Press \u00a025\/07\/2024\u00a0 BOISE, Idaho (AP) \u2014 The U.S. government will invest $240 million in salmon and steelhead hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest to boost declining fish populations and support the treaty-protected fishing rights of Native American tribes, officials announced Thursday. The departments of Commerce and the Interior said there will be an initial $54 million for hatchery maintenance and modernization made available to 27 tribes in the region, which includes Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska. The hatcheries \u201cproduce the salmon that tribes need to live,\u201d said Jennifer Quan, the regional administrator for NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region. \u201cWe are talking about food for the tribes and supporting their culture and their spirituality.\u201d Some of the facilities are on the brink of failure, Quan said, with a backlog of… <\/p>\n

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The Associated Press \u00a025\/07\/2024\u00a0 BOISE, Idaho (AP) \u2014 The U.S. government will invest $240 million in salmon and steelhead hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest to boost declining fish populations and support the treaty-protected fishing rights of Native American tribes, officials announced Thursday. The departments of Commerce and the Interior said there will be an initial $54 million for hatchery maintenance and modernization made available to 27 tribes in the region, which includes Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska. The hatcheries \u201cproduce the salmon that tribes need to live,\u201d said Jennifer Quan, the regional administrator for NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region. \u201cWe are talking about food for the tribes and supporting their culture and their spirituality.\u201d Some of the facilities are on the brink of failure, Quan said, with a backlog of... <\/p>\n

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