Douglas Island Pink & Chum, Inc

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The goal of Douglas Island Pink and Chum, Inc. is to sustain and enhance valuable salmon resources of the State of Alaska for the economic, social, and cultural benefit of all citizens, and to promote public understanding of Alaska's salmon resources and salmon fisheries through research, education, and tourism. In 1974 the Alaska State Legislature and Governor authorized the Department of Fish & Game to issue permits to private non-profit (PNP) salmon hatcheries for the purpose of enhancing the State's common property fisheries. The concept of PNP hatcheries refers to a unique program in Alaska that allows private non-profit corporations to own and operate salmon hatcheries for improving the harvests of salmon. In 1976, the State Legislature established a revolving loan fund through the Department of Commerce and Economic Development specifically for providing grants and loans for hatchery planning, construction, operation, and implementation of fisheries enhancement and rehabilitation activities. Douglas Island Pink & Chum, Inc. (DIPAC) was formed in 1976 by a group of Juneau residents responding to this legislation and our community's depleted fisheries resource. The Kowee Creek Hatchery was formed in 1976 as the first "Mom and Pop" hatchery in the Juneau area. DIPAC received its first construction loan for the Sheep Creek Hatchery in 1980, after the first successful return at Kowee Creek in 1979. After significant returns and a positive contribution to local fisheries,...

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