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Offshore drilling
Feinstein moves to force oil
companies to resume
paying suspended royalties
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But supporters of the spending, including the two organizations that would receive
the money, say government funding is crucial to state economies and jobs creation.
Stevens says the research will also help improve child nutrition.
"Given its overwhelming nutritional value for children, Sen. Stevens believes finding ways to incorporate omega-3 into baby
food and formula is a project worthy of attention and the [Agriculture Department]
agrees," said Lindsay Hayes, the senator's
spokeswoman.
Scott Smiley has been perfecting salmon
baby food for a few years. He works for the
Fisheries Industrial Technology Center, a
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the numerous fishermen and
Alaska's more than 80 fish processing companies.
Smiley said baby food companies are interested in his research,
but declined to name them.
Alaska Salmon
Alaska projects a salmon
harvest of almost 167 million
fish this year, a decline from
the record 2005 harvest of
221 million but in line with
the 10-year average. Here is
the breakdown by species.
'Cannery Cartel'