Processing Alaska's Marine Bounty

The broader seafood industry directly employs more workers than any other private industry in Alaska, is the third-largest overall job creator in the state-including multiplier effects-and accounts for about 8 percent of total statewide employment, according to the report. it goes on to point out th...

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Published inAlaska Business Monthly Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 80 - 84
Main Author Simonelli, Isaac Stone
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Anchorage Alaska Business Monthly 01.02.2020
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By products
Employment
Entrepreneurs
Fish
Fisheries
Fishing
Food processing industry
Islands
Salmon
Seafood
Workforce
Bristol Bay
Bering Sea
United States > US
Arctic region
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
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Summary:The broader seafood industry directly employs more workers than any other private industry in Alaska, is the third-largest overall job creator in the state-including multiplier effects-and accounts for about 8 percent of total statewide employment, according to the report. it goes on to point out that seafood is an economic cornerstone of many Alaska communities with more than 21,500 rural Alaskan residents directly employed by the industry in 2017-2018. Both the Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation and Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association own several processing plants and buying stations, providing extensive support to the Arctic-Yukon Region fishing industry. Employment numbers, types of fish processed, and processing capacity at Trident's facilities range from being able to process more than 3 million pounds of raw fish per day at Akutan to Chignik's beach crew of about thirtyfive people during the summer with processing operations conducted on an offshore vessel. According to its website, the Trident Cordova North processing plant also creates fish products that perhaps don't first come to mind when people think of Alaska wild-caught fish.
ISSN:8756-4092