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Rep. Peltola enlists lobbyist in pro-fish quest

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 22, 2023

Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) has hired a maritime and environmental lobbyist to help in her mission to save Alaska's fishing industry.

Martha Newell-Kinsman, now Peltola's fisheries policy adviser, joined the congresswoman's office from her one-woman lobbying shop, Isthmus LLC. Her lobbying work focused mainly on maritime and related issues.

Newell-Kinsman previously worked as a lobbyist and chief strategy office at environmental lobbying group ESP Advisors. She also served a legislative assistant to then-Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), whose seat Peltola now holds.

Peltola's "pro-fish" campaign helped elect the Democrat to Congress last year. In an effort to revitalize her state's declining fish populations, the congresswoman has reportedly made opposition to the trawling fishing practice a cornerstone of her policy priorities.