Fisheries
An incoming tide of federal dollars aims to lift a few boats, bait shops and seafood markets in the Garden State.
New Jersey is set to receive another $9.5 million in COVID-19 relief money for the state's fishing industry, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-6th, announced Tuesday.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that New Jersey's fishing industry will receive $9.5 million from the omnibus and coronavirus relief bill Congress passed and was signed into law last December.
MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (AP) — With New Jersey's commercial fishing industry about to receive a second round of federal coronavirus aid, boat owners and those who run fishing-related businesses say the extra money is helping keep them afloat amid a sea of red ink.
Belford, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today held a press conference to highlight aid delivered to New Jersey's fishing communities.
Nearly a year after being approved by federal lawmakers, financial relief is being handed out to New Jersey's battered fishing industry.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today applauded the distribution of COVID-19 relief funding to New Jersey's fishing communities. New Jersey received $11 million in federal funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that Congress passed and was signed into law last March.
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Omnibus and Coronavirus Relief Bill:
Months after the pandemic rocked New Jersey's fishing industry, millions of dollars in federal coronavirus relief i
Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ- 06) announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) approved New Jersey's spending plan for $11.3 million in federal aid for New Jersey's commercial and charter fishing industry.
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-3) led their New Jersey colleagues in a bipartisan letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy today calling for funding to help the fishing industry in the next coronavirus relief package.