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Number of Alaska fishers hits record low, state report finds

The number of seafood harvesters in Alaska’s famed industry has set a new record low, surpassing last year’s record low, according to figures published this month by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development in its magazine, Alaska Economic Trends. In 2024, an average of 5,393 people were employed as fishers each month in Alaska, wrote analyst Joshua Warren. That’s […]