Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 5—The number of commercial fishing jobs in Alaska plunged to a new low last year as the industry struggles with disrupted ...

Commercial fishing jobs in Alaska are down for the fifth year in a row. That's according to new economic data from the state Department of Labor for the year 2024. Seafood harvesting jobs — which ...

Out in Alaska's Aleutian Islands is the remote town of Unalaska, home to just over 4,300 people who predominantly work in the commercial fishing and seafood processing industry. Every year, thousands ...

Alaska fish-harvesting employment declined in 2022, a continuing yearslong slide caused by a variety of factors, according to an analysis by the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

A trawler plies the waters of Sitka Sound in 2023. (Photo by Max Graham) The Alaska Senate has proposed a new aid package for the state’s fish processing companies — some of which have been teetering ...