Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Commercial fishermen in Alaska, early 20th century. Alaska's commercial fishermen work in one of the world's harshest environments. They endure isolated fishing grounds, high winds, seasonal darkness, very cold water, icing, freezing cold temperatures, days upon days away from family, and short fishing seasons, where very long work days are the norm.
F/V Northwestern is an Alaskan crab, Pacific cod, and salmon tendering commercial fishing vessel featured in the Discovery Channel series Deadliest Catch.To date the Northwestern is the only vessel to have featured on all 20 seasons of Deadliest Catch as well as the pilot series America's Deadliest Season.
They purchased the Pacific American Fisheries, cannery in Petersburg, Alaska. These four owned 55% and the company fishermen owned 45%. In 1977, the company was renamed Icicle Seafoods, Inc. By the early 1980s, Icicle was the world's largest halibut and black cod producer, and was among the world's top salmon producers.
FV Alaska Ranger was a fishing factory ship owned and operated by the Fishing Company of Alaska of Seattle, Washington. The ship was constructed in 1973 for use as an oil field service vessel. The ship sank 23 March 2008, after reporting progressive flooding only hours earlier. Of the 47 on board, 42 were rescued.
Trident Seafoods is the largest seafood company in the United States, [2] harvesting primarily wild-caught seafood in Alaska [citation needed].. Trident manages a network of catcher and catcher processor vessels and processing plants across twelve coastal locations in Alaska.
The Alaska salmon fishery is a managed fishery that supports the annual harvest of five species of wild Pacific Salmon for commercial fishing, sport fishing, subsistence by Alaska Native communities, and personal use by local residents.
This page was last edited on 9 September 2024, at 16:04 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
In 2000, Craig had 42 vessel owners with operations in federal fisheries, 84 vessel owners with operations in state fisheries, and 149 registered crew members; 199 residents held 437 commercial fishing permits; 3,405 sport fishing licenses were sold, 2,590 licenses to non-residents of Alaska. [4] Commercial fishing generates much of the income ...