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More money for ADF&G: The Alaska Department of Fish & Game got off to a good start in the fiscal 2013 budget battles with a request from Gov. Sean Parnell for an overall 5 percent ($10.2 million) funding increase in the state budget that he released in December. It could grow even more. "It's a good start," said gillnetter and House Finance Committee Cochairman Bill Thomas (R-Haines). "I didn't think they were going to hurt Fish & Game anyway. If they do, we'll take care of it," he added in a Dec. 16interview. Within the governor's ADF&G total, the Commercial Fisheries Division would see a 5 percent increase in state support, with current year funding of $48.3 million rising to $50.7 million. The largest increase in the division, 8.8 percent, would go to its special projects account, which would rise by $342,600 to $4.3 million. The Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Region is next in line, with an 8.3 percent ($605,700) increase to $7.9 million.