{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=59dd5702-10cd-48a7-98e9-efdc4f22b81d", "Murkowski Announces First $7.5M for Fishery Failure Relief", "2014-10-17", "2014", "2014-10", "Republican", "House", "AK", "Lisa Murkowski", "M001153", "www.murkowski.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "10.17.14\n\t\t\t Murkowski Announces First $7.5M for Fishery Failure Relief \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t Senator: Alaska\u2019s Disaster Didn\u2019t Make Cable TV, but Deserves Equal Treatment\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t ANCHORAGE, AK \u2013 After a lengthy effort of advocacy and creating a bipartisan \u201cCoastal Coalition\u201d of lawmakers from states seeking relief for federally-recognized fishery disasters, Senator Lisa Murkowski today announced the first round of payments are being sent out to Alaskans beginning today totaling $7.5 million. \u00a0\u00a0The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, working closely with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, developed a \u201cspend plan\u201d for direct payments to commercial fisherman in the Yukon-Kuskokwim and Cook Inlet regions based on proven financial impacts.\r\nA plan for the second round of funding, totaling $12.9 million, is being reviewed by NOAA for final approval.\u00a0 These funds will support research to better understand and counter the causes of low King runs, as well as enable outreach and communication efforts to improve in-river management in both regions.\u00a0 A portion also will be used for economic impacts to recreational fishing interests on the Kenai.\r\n\u201cHundreds of Alaskans are finally going to be given some welcome resources to give them a hand after some very tough years.\u00a0 Even if it didn\u2019t make the cable TV networks, our communities were hurt just as New Jersey was by Hurricane Sandy by these \u2018fish droughts\u2019,\u201d said Murkowski.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n     \n\t\n \n\t\n    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t  \n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=59dd5702-10cd-48a7-98e9-efdc4f22b81d"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7351711392402649, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}