Fishing and Seafood Industry in Alaska
Current Data
Data available for the following regions:
- Statewide
- Aleutians/Pribilof Islands
- Includes data from the Aleutians East Borough, Aleutians West Census Area, and harvesting data from the Chignik and surrounding area.
- Anchorage/Mat-Su
- Includes data from the Municipality of Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
- Bristol Bay
- Includes data from the Bristol Bay and Lake and Peninsula boroughs and the Dillingham Census Area.
- Kodiak
- Includes data from the Kodiak Island Borough.
- Northern
- Includes data from the Denali, Fairbanks North Star, North Slope and Northwest Arctic boroughs and the Nome, Southeast Fairbanks and Yukon-Koyukuk census areas.
- Offshore
- National Marine Fisheries Service data is used to estimate groundfish harvesting activity in Alaska's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ); Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission records do not cover all groundfish harvest that far offshore. See the Methodology for more detail.
- Southcentral
- Includes data from the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the Valdez-Cordova Census Area.
- Southeast
- Includes data from the Haines, Juneau, Ketchikan Gateway, Sitka, and Yakutat boroughs and the Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan, Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon, and Wrangell-Petersburg census areas.
- Yukon Delta
- Includes data from the Bethel and Wade Hampton census areas.
| Year | King | Sockeye | Coho | Chum | Pink |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $1.95 | $0.79 | $0.56 | $0.27 | $0.15 |
| 2001 | $1.68 | $0.57 | $0.49 | $0.34 | $0.13 |
| 2002 | $1.30 | $0.60 | $0.36 | $0.18 | $0.10 |
| 2003 | $1.43 | $0.63 | $0.48 | $0.18 | $0.09 |
| 2004 | $1.85 | $0.60 | $0.68 | $0.21 | $0.10 |
| 2005 | $2.23 | $0.74 | $0.75 | $0.26 | $0.12 |
| 2006 | $3.03 | $0.76 | $1.04 | $0.32 | $0.16 |
| 2007 | $3.07 | $0.80 | $0.96 | $0.34 | $0.19 |
| 2008 | $4.54 | $0.84 | $1.28 | $0.59 | $0.35 |
| 2009 | $2.58 | $0.91 | $0.93 | $0.27 | $0.48 |
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1/ Salmon prices are in nominal dollars, 2000-2008 Source: Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries | |||||
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