Fisheries

The seafood industry supports almost 38,000 jobs for Alaskans, on an annual average basis. Besides direct fishing and processing jobs, this includes jobs in boat repair, fuel supply and air transportation, as well as jobs in stores, banks and other businesses where Alaska households and businesses spend their income from seafood.
Alaska is once again the nation's No. 1 fishing state, a position it's held since 1975. The state's 2008 harvest, worth a record $1.7 billion, topped the state's previous record - $1.66 billion in 1992 - and was 4.3 times the value of the nation's No. 2 fishing state, Massachusetts.

Source: Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, Scott Goldsmith, Dec. 2008; Alaska Economic Trends, Nov. 2009