US budget cuts may force closure of national fish hatcheries

摘要

Many anglers and state economists in the United States are deeply worried about the possible closure of as many as nine of the 70 National Fish Hatcheries scattered across the The nine are currently funded, at least in part, as mitigation facilities by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), which is threatened with a $14-million proposed cutback in hatchery funding for the FY2012 proposed federal budget. In accordance with the budget, the agency has stated that $6.3 million must come from the mitigation-work budgets of nine under the National Fish Hatchery System (NFHS).