ALASKA'S FISHING INDUSTRY
BACKGROUND • FACTS • LINKS
SOURCES  •  COMMENTS

BACKGROUND

The seafood industry is one of the state’s largest economic drivers, directly employing more than 48,000 people, 10,500 secondary jobs, and producing more than $6 billion in economic activity each year. Seafood processing is the largest manufacturing sector and accounts for 70% of Alaska’s manufacturing employment. Seafood is Alaska’s top export, comprising over half of Alaska’s annual export value; which has averaged $3.3 billion annually. Alaska produces 60% of the nation’s commercial fisheries –including all five species of Pacific salmon, four species of crab, Pacific cod, groundfish, shrimp, herring, sablefish (black cod), pollock, and Pacific halibut. The industry contributes over $161 million in state, local, and federal taxes, fees and assessments. The fisheries of Alaska are recognized as some of the best managed in the world.

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WEB LINKS

• Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
• McDowell Group
  
• http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/
• http://www.labor.state.ak.us/
  
• http://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/water/hydro/components/water-facts.cfm
• http://www.ufafish.org/fishing-facts/
• https://www.pspafish.net
• https://www.atsea.org
• https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/fisheries-united-states-2018-report

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SOURCES

• Alaska Department of Fish & Game
• Alaska Department of Labor
• Alaska Department of Natural Resources
• Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
• McDowell Group
• NOAA Report Fisheries of the United States, 2018

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