From the November 2011 Alaska Economic Trends: "Alaska produces a massive amount of seafood each year. The most recent data from the National Marine Fisheries Service show that in 2010, 53 percent of domestic harvested poundage came from Alaska — 4.35 billion pounds of product worth $1.6 billion. Dutch Harbor/Unalaska led the nation that year for pounds harvested, and in dollar value was second only to New Bedford, Mass.
"Harvesting employment was distributed among the following fisheries in 2010: salmon (50.2 percent), halibut (20.1 percent), groundfish (8.1 percent), sablefish (7.4 percent), crab (5.4 percent), herring (4.9 percent), and miscellaneous shellfish (3.9 percent). Average monthly fish harvesting employment has declined nearly every year since 2005 and in 2010, hit its lowest level since the data series was created. In 2010, there were 6,915 harvesters working each month on average, a decline of 2.4 percent from the previous year and down 7.6 percent from 2005."
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