Salmon fishing in Alaska
In Alaska, salmon first. Alaska has a long and successful history of managing and conserving its abundant resources salmon. Record salmon runs with a recent average annual catch of 165 million salmon is proof of this method with success.
Nearly 95% of all salmon caught commercially in the U.S. are harvested in Alaska. Alaska is the largest producer of wild salmon value, high, producing nearly 80 percent global supply of king, sockeye and silver. Commercial fishing for salmon in Alaska is vital to the economy of Alaska and the Alaska way of life.
Each year, the salmon industry provides thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars to the state's economy. Commercial fishing is essential for communities and fishing
families statewide.
The fishing industry in Alaska is the state in providing 47% of private sector jobs, and is second only by the oil industry in providing revenue for the state. In 2002, the value of fisheries exvessel combined totaled 955 million U.S. dollars, with 162 million U.S. dollars salmon.
Salmon fishing permits are issued to individuals, not businesses, through the "system of limited entry permits. The number Total number of permits available for each fishery is strictly limited. The fishermen can not hold more than a salmon permit for the same type of gear and area. This creates a Fishing composed of many individuals and families.
Three main types of fishing gear Alaska salmon catch: trawl, gill nets, and purse seining. All commercial salmon fishing boats are relatively small vessels, an average of 30 to 50 feet.
Trolling the use of long drag to pull the pole or troll 2 to 4 lines weighted deep water, each with 8 to 12 leaders attached. At the end of each leader is not a lure or bait. Boat size varies from boat small for boats 50 feet or more, with most between 25 to 40 feet.
Trolling mainly the white king, silver, pink and salmon entering in Alaskan waters on their way to spawning grounds. Trollers take a relatively low volume of high quality fish. The fish caught in the bright and vigorous ocean waters cool. They are often
selling clothing, or fillets in the fresh market or fresh frozen.
Set gill nets in the shade and water networks in suspension from a waterline on the surface and a weighted lead line along the lower edge submerged. Networks vary in length 900 to 1800 feet long. Openings mesh of the network are large enough to allow adult fish head to pass and become entangled in the gills.
There are two types of gill nets, drift nets which are freely floating vessels and setnets having one end attached to the coast. Boat size is limited to 32 feet or less in Bristol Bay, otherwise, the average range is 30 to 40 feet. Mainly chum gillnet harvest sockeye and silver.
Purse seiners use a large floating net, took and placed in a circle for a power boat, to surround the salmon schooling. The weighted "purse" in the back of the net is drawn closed to contain fish. The net full of fish then gathered into the boat through a hydraulic block HighPowered.
The purse seine is allowed north of the peninsula Alaska; boat size is limited to 58 feet. Pink salmon seiners harvest, mainly near the coast, near the spawning areas of freshwater, which runs are highly concentrated.
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