Kenai Peninsula Borough
144 North Binkley Street     Soldotna, AK 99669
Phone - (907) 262-4441 or (800) 478-4441   or on the web    www.borough.kenai.ak.us

Kenai Peninsula Borough Commercial Fishing Industry
The AK DOL&WD provides industry employment detail for employees whose employers are not exempt from reporting. The fishing industry includes family business employees that are exemption from reporting, so these employees are enumerated by crewmember licenses sold. Crewmember counts and employment in “food and kindred products,” the sector that includes fish processing, are presented.

Permit Holders & Crew Members - All Species - 2002 - 2006
Community  Permit Holders  Crew Members
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Anchor Point 65 67 61 52 53 65 54 65 60 43
Clam Gulch 35 32 28  27 26 16 20 18  12 15
Cooper Landing 4 4 6  5 5 3 6 4  2 5
Fritz Creek 12 11 11  12 10 10 13 11  10 9
Halibut Cove 8 8 9  8 7 3 2 2  5 3
Homer 493 505 493  493 521 462 487 527  196 502
Hope 1 1 1  1 1 0 1 2  0 0
Kasilof 151 149 146  147 141 76 103 116  88 103
Kenai 234 239 235  223 219 189 254 319  296 254
Moose Pass 2 1 2  2 1 2 5 4  4 3
Nanwalek/English Bay 6 5 6  6 6 2 11 2  6 4
Nikiski/Nikishka 56 52 56  51 52 55 54 56  57 52
Nikolaevsk 19 19 20  15 14 12 15 20  24 17
Ninilchik 50 57 55  53 55 36 36 47  38 38
Port Graham 11 11 12  10 10 6 8 7  2 1
Seldovia 49 50 48  47 42 23 30 29  31 34
Seward 74 66 65  62 64 103 106 109  108 119
Soldotna 159 147 146  145 141 145 196 231  170 169
Sterling 21 25 23  22 22 32 26 47  46 47
Tyonek 20 20 18  15 15 6 4 9  8 2
Total 1,470 1,469 1,441 1,396 1,405 1,246 1,431 1,625 1,163 1,420

Source data

Totals  - All Species - 1999-2005
  Permit Holders Crew Members
2006 1,405 1,420
2005 1,396 1,163
2004 1,441 1,625
2003 1,469 1,431
2002 1,471 1,246
2001 1,542 NA
2000 1,554 1,900
1999 1,535 2,017

Source data

Intents to Transfer
  2005 2006
Intents to
Transfer  		 KPB Resi dent, Cook Inlet 
Permits		 KPB Resi
dent, Permits Else
where 		 Non KPB Resi dents, Cook Inlet Permits Salmon Other Intents to Transfer   KPB Resi dent, Cook Inlet Permits KPB Resi
dent, Permits Else
where 		 Non KPB Resi dents, Cook Inlet Permits Salmon Other
Homer 33 9 24   19 14 34 10 24   19 15
Kasilof 6 5 1   5 1 14 10 4   11 3
Kenai 19 16 3   16 3 18 13 5   15 3
Seward 4   4   3 1 6 1 5   5 1
Soldotna 15 10 5   14 1 10 6 4   9 1
Other KPB 5 2 3   5   7 6 1   5 2
Other AK 13 1   12 11 2 16     16 14 2
Out of
State		 21     21 15 6 12     12 7 5
Total 116 43 40 33 88 28 117 46 43 28 85 32

Source data

Average Monthly Employment
Year Processing KPB Processing as Percent of KPB Average Monthly Employment
2006 603 18,326 3.29%
2005 624 18,075 3.45%
2004 620 18,043 3.44%
2003 586 17,777 3.30%
2002 328 17,614 1.86%
2001 474 17,367 2.73%
2000 658 16,984 3.87%
1999 641 16,340 3.92%
1998 808 16,586 4.87%
1997 1,076 16,328 6.59%
1996 1,097 16,110 6.81%
1995 967 16,107 6.00%
1994 989 15,816 6.25%
1993 1,024 15,451 6.63%
1992 1,137 14,474 7.86%
1991 1,284 14,376 8.93%
1990 1,161 13,891 8.36%
1989 1,034 13,063 7.92%
1988 948 11,089 8.55%
1987 783 10,804 7.25%
1986 730 11,436 6.38%
1985 826 12,214 6.76%
1984 735 11,403 6.45%
1983 888 10,400 8.54%
1982 1,090 9,854 11.06%
1981 1,118 9,116 12.26%
1980 1,235 8,398 14.71%

Source data

          Overview     Employment     
KPB Halibut   Landings by Port    Permit Activity     
KPB Sablefish (Black Cod)  Landings by Port   Permit Activity     
Cook Inlet Salmon Weight Harvested      Price per Pound of Harvest    Number Harvested  
               Average Weight of Fish Harvested        Exvessel Values
KPB Permit Values     KPB Salmon Permit Activity     Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Harvest     Lower Cook Inlet Salmon Harvest   
Fishery Taxes      Estimated Gross Earnings       Total KPB Permit Activity     
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