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Article: The Future of the Alaska Seafood Industry.(Statistical Data Included)(Industry Overview)
- Article from:
- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- November 1, 2000
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The Alaska seafood industry is big by world standards. Over the past five years, Alaska fishermen harvested an average of 2.2 milliontons of fish from Alaska waters. That harvest was worth more than $1 billion to fishermen, with an average wholesale value to Alaska processors of more than $2.5 billion. The Alaska harvest would rank 12th in the world if Alaska were an independent country.
The seafood industry is a big part of Alaska's economy. Alaska's seafood industry provides about 20,000 jobs in fishing and fish processing (measured on an annual average basis), and directly supports thousands more jobs in transportation and other sectors. The seafood industry ...