The voting period has opened for the proposed Southeast Alaska salmon seine permit buyback program.
Permit holders eligible to vote were mailed ballots on Thursday.
Voters must return their ballots by April 30.
If a majority of the 379 ballots come back in favor, the government will proceed with a buyback of 64 permits at a cost of $13.1 million.
Seiners remaining in the fishery will then repay the money over time.
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