March 31, 2021 — An additional $255 million in fisheries assistance funding is being allocated through the CARES Act, but not everyone is happy about it. Louisiana Congressman Garrett Graves says that the funding his state will receive “makes no sense.”
During the first round of funding through the CARES Act Louisiana was allocated $14.7 million out of the $300 million put aside for fisheries. During this second round of funding the state will receive $12,477,165.