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New Trade Group Goes Fishing for Aquaculture

Associations Now

In comments to Alaska Public Media , Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation Executive Director Julie Decker noted that the increased production that aquaculture encourages would, at least in the short term, hurt the economy around fish. “If But it was a very painful adjustment period.”.

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Daily Buzz: GoFundMe Launches Fundraising Platform for Nonprofits

Associations Now

Coming in November, the tool will offer two pricing plans: one with donor-covered platform fees and one with no fees and an option for donors to leave “tips” for GoFundMe services. American, United, and Alaska Airlines are all removing screens from most of their medium-range aircraft. There are numerous factors driving the change.

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Report: Fliers Happier With Air Travel Experiences in 2016

Associations Now

Airlines are increasingly enabling their customers to choose the service offerings and price points that meet their individual needs.”. The report, which can be viewed here [PDF], added that many fliers were looking for a combination of low prices, painless schedules, and high comfort with their flights.

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Airlines Defend Practices As Antitrust Probe Goes Airborne

Associations Now

The Justice Department’s just-announced investigation into the airline industry’s possible collusion on ticket pricing has the industry’s primary trade group speaking out. Are the airlines unfairly colluding to keep their ticket prices high? But other groups say the Justice Department may have a point.

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Industry Group Forecasts Winds of Change as Wildfires Rage

Associations Now

Last year, the cost of fighting those fires wore a $2 billion price tag, for which the United States Forest Service bore the brunt—spending more than half of its entire budget on firefighting. Even this year, the wildfires torching regions in the West and even Alaska are “unprecedented,” said Hill, in their early outbreak.

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TSA’s Fee Changes Are Causing Headaches

Associations Now

such as Hawaii and Alaska, along with those entering from foreign countries. In comments on the changes, A4A General Counsel David Berg said that TSA had discounted the challenges caused by the pricing change, which he said “were extremely complex and required extensive changes to existing systems.”

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.29.20

Reid All About it

Check out the midnight sun and aurora borealis, paddling down the Chena River, or dog mushing in these 360-view videos from Fairbanks, Alaska. Quick hits before we get to the list of this week’s free education: A funny one (or scary one, depending on your employment situation) from S**t Nonprofits Say on Twitter. Two words: crunchy rice.

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