United Fishermen of Alaska's Fish Facts Shows Proportion of in-State vs. Out of State Fish Income
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] July 26, 2017
Alaska’s seafood industry puts more people to work than any other private industry, topping 60,000 workers in 2015. Of that, less than half - 27,600 - were Alaska residents.
And while 71 percent of active fishing permit holders call Alaska home, most of the gross earnings go to the state of Washington.
Based on numbers from the United Fishermen of Alaska’s annual Fish Facts, resident fishing permit holders made gross dockside earnings of just over $602 million two years ago ...
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