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CBS had John Blackstone cover the San Francisco angle on the crisis in northern California's stocks of salmon back in March. He visited Fisherman's Wharf when its Pacific salmon fleet was idled to conserve dwindling wild stocks. Now Blackstone's colleague Sharyl Attkisson files a Follow the Money feature on the inside-the-Beltway angle that is much less sympathetic to those fishless fishermen. Attkisson explained that it helps that Nancy Pelosi represents them in Congress. The Speaker inserted a $174m earmark in federal farm legislation to preserve the boats' income even as they stand idle. Attkisson explained that each boat selects its most lucrative year between 2002 and 2005 and receives a government check "for that entire amount," some in excess of $100,000. "Reeling it on," Attkisson concluded.
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