The Alaska community development quota (CDQ) group Coastal Villages Region Fund (CVRF) has come out against a proposed national marine sanctuary in Alaska's Pribilof Islands, citing its harm to CDQ fishing resources in the Bering Sea.
Florence Kargi, CVRF's regional affairs manager, testified during a Congressional hearing on the marine sanctuary Tuesday that it threatens sustainable fisheries management and the Western Alaska (CDQ) program, which allows Bering Sea villages to invest in the fishing industry and use those earnings for local economic development.
