Sockeye salmon heading to spawning grounds swim up the Kenai River on Aug. 17, 2008. Sockeye harvest problems for Upper Cook Inlet setnetters have led to fishery disaster declarations by the U.S. Department of Commerce. (Photo by Kentaro Yasui/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Sockeye salmon heading to spawning grounds swim up the Kenai River on Aug. 17, 2008. Sockeye harvest problems for Upper Cook Inlet setnetters have led to fishery disaster declarations by the U.S. Department of Commerce. (Photo by Kentaro Yasui/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

The federal government is sending nearly $12 million to Alaska to address salmon fishery disasters on the Kuskokwim River and in Upper Cook Inlet, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced on Friday.

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