November's Alaska Trends, published by the Alaska Department of Labor, highlights employment in Alaska's successful commercial fishing industry. Although exact employment numbers are difficult to get because most workers are self-employed, the Department estimates that 9,900 permit holders employ 22,000 crew members in Alaska. Average monthly jobs by species of fish in 2011 were:
- Salmon harvesting, 4,681 jobs or 58.1%
- Groundfish, 1,101 jobs or 13.7%
- Halibut, 1,034 jobs or 12.8%
- Crab, 487 jobs or 6%
- Sablefish, 480 jobs or 6%
- Miscellaneous species, 156 jobs or 1.9%
- Herrings, 121 jobs or 1.5%
The percentage of average monthly jobs by region in 2011 were:
- Southeast Alaska, 28.0%
- Aleutian-Pribilof Islands, 20.2%
- Southcentral Alaska, 19.3%
- Bristol Bay, 15.2%
- Kodiak, 9.4%
- Yukon Delta, 5.9%
- Northern, 1.6%
Read the full report, which includes a separate article about the Aleutian-Pribilof Island region, here.
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