On Nov. 19, the Haines Borough received $159,925 in fisheries business tax, “raw fish tax,” for the fiscal year that began July 1, 2020. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, this is almost exactly what the borough had anticipated in the budget passed in June and comparable to amounts received in recent years, which have ranged from $94,421 in 2005 to $438,390 in 2015.
Every year, the state collects tax from fisheries based on fish pounds landed…