Alaska Seafood Industry Pumps $14.6 billion a Year into US Economy
SEAFOODNEWS.COM By Peggy Parker - January 20, 2016
A new study commissioned by the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute found that economic impacts of the commercial fishing industry in Alaska to the rest of the nation reached $14.6 billion in recent years.
Those impacts include $6.2 billion in direct output associated with fishing, processing, distribution, and retail. There were $8.4 billion in multiplier effects generated as industry income circulates throughout the U.S. economy.
Alaska’s seafood industry adds $5.9 billion annually to the state’s economy, including employment of 60,000 workers ....
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