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That Unalaska’s Port of Dutch Harbor is the #1 Commercial Fishing Port in the United States, based on quantity of the catch and has been for more than 25 years?
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Port of Dutch Harbor - #1 Commercial Fishing Port in the Nation
#1 Commercial Fishing Port in the United States
Unalaska's PORT OF DUTCH HARBOR has once again been ranked as the #1 Commercial Fishing Port in the United States, based on volume of the catch. Dutch Harbor has held this title for more than twenty years.
In 2016, the most recent data available, Unalaska’s commercial fishing fleet landed 770 million pounds of fish and shellfish at the Port of Dutch Harbor, at a value of $198 million. The total commercial fishery landings for the nation amounted to 9.5 billion pounds. Alaska led all the states in volume, with landings of more than 5.6 billion pounds, which is 58% of the nation’s total. Unalaska’s Port of Dutch Harbor alone contributed 8% of the nation’s total fishery landings.
Speaking in terms of value of the catch, the nation’s total fishery landings for 2016 were valued at $5.3 billion. The State of Alaska led all states in value of landings with $1.5 billion, or 29% of the nation's total. Unalaska’s Port of Dutch Harbor contributed 4% of the nation’s total value of commercial fishery landings.
Further information may be obtained from NOAA's report, Fisheries of the United States 2016, a copy of which is attached to this page.
