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Article: Ship to shore. (Alaska's fishing industry) (includes glossary of fishing gear) (glossary)
- Article from:
- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- March 1, 1990
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1990 Alaska Business Publishing Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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SHIP TO SHORE
THE CONGREGATION OF FISH OFF THE SHORES OF Alaska supports one-sixth of the state's economy, employs 20,000 of its people, pays them more than the average wage, and still may be the least understood of Alaska's resources.
What's the difference between a Ketchikan troller and a Kodiak trawler? What can a Kachemak Bay shellfish farmer learn from a Bristol Bay gillnetter? How can an investor determine when the flatfish market will soar and the surimi market go flat? And how can fisheries managers set quotas that will be fair to both 500-foot surimi factory ships and 50-foot drag boats?
This primer to the Alaska commercial fish business ...