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Alaska witnesses tell Congress community quotas, global competition and trade pressure domestic seafood
Summary
Leaders from Alaska’s fishing communities described how community development quota groups and Alaska’s heavy reliance on exports make the state vulnerable to subsidized foreign fleets and trade pressures, and urged investment, labeling and trade tools to level the playing field.
Witnesses from Alaska told the subcommittee that fishing is the economic backbone for many rural communities and that global competition, subsidies and trade distortions threaten those livelihoods.
Larson Hunter, chairman of the board of directors for the Coastal Villages Region Fund and city manager of Scammon Bay, described how the Community Development Quota (CDQ) program has created jobs, training and economic opportunities in Western Alaska. ‘‘Without CDQ, the alternative in our region is usually food…
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