Community Profiles for North Pacific Fisheries
In-depth profiles of the 196 Alaska communities most involved in Alaskan and North Pacific fisheries
In 2005, the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) compiled baseline socioeconomic information about 136 Alaska communities most involved in commercial fisheries to produce the first version of the Community Profiles for North Pacific Fisheries - Alaska.
In 2010 and 2011, AFSC went through the process of evaluating the Community Profiles and determining how to update them. A NOAA Technical Memorandum, Improving Community Profiles for the North Pacific Fisheries, documents our process for updating the Community Profiles, including modifying the community selection methodology to ensure that communities with significant reliance on commercial, recreational and subsistence fishing were included.
A total of 196 communities have been profiled. The updated profiles add new information to better contextualize communities' reliance on fishing. Introductory materials discuss purpose and methods, and provide an overview of the profiled communities in the larger context of the state of Alaska and North Pacific fisheries. Community profiles provide additional information on:
- annual population fluctuation
- fisheries-related infrastructure
- community finances
- natural resources
- educational opportunities
- fisheries revenue
- shore-based processing plant narratives
- landings and permits by species
- subsistence and recreational fishing participation
- information collected from communities in the Alaska Community Survey and the Processor Profiles Survey
The updated community profiles have been published as NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-259 (12 volumes) and can be downloaded using the links below. The 2005 version of the profiles report is available as a single document (17.6 MB). All PDF files on this site can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader software or free tools for the visually disabled.
For more information or to comment on this project, please contact AFSC.Community.Profiles@noaa.gov.
Commmunity Profiles for North Pacific Fisheries - Alaska
- Volume 1: Introduction, Methods, and State Overview
- Volume 2: Anchorage/Matanuska-Sustina
- Volume 3: Prince William Sound
- Volume 4: Northern Alaska
- Volume 5: Kodiak Island Archipelago
- Volume 6: Aleutian and Pribilof Islands
- Volume 7: Interior Alaska
- Volume 8: Bristol Bay and the Alaska Peninsula
- Volume 9: Kenai Peninsula and Cook Inlet
- Volume 10: Kuskokwim River Mouth
- Volume 11: Southeast Alaska
- Volume 12: Norton Sound and Bering Strait
Select Profiles by Community
Select Profiles by Region
+ Aleutian and Pribilof Islands
- Adak
- Akutan
- Atka
- Cold Bay
- False Pass
- King Cove
- Nelson Lagoon
- Nikolski
- Port Moller
- St. George
- St. Paul
- Sand Point
- Unalaska
+ Anchorage/Matanuska-Sustina
+ Bristol Bay and the Alaska Peninsula
- Aleknagik
- Chignik
- Chignik Lagoon
- Chignik Lake
- Clarks Point
- Dillingham
- Egegik
- Ekuk
- Ekwok
- Igiugig
- Iliamna
- Ivanof Bay
- King Salmon
- Kokhanok
- Koliganek
- Levelock
- Manokotak
- Naknek
- New Stuyahok
- Newhalen
- Nondalton
- Pedro Bay
- Perryville
- Pilot Point
- Port Alsworth
- Port Heiden
- Portage Creek
- South Naknek
- Togiak
- Twin Hills
- Ugashik
+ Interior Alaska
- Anvik
- Coldfoot
- Delta Junction
- Fairbanks
- Fort Yukon
- Galena
- Grayling
- Holy Cross
- Nenana
- North Pole
- Shageluk
- Tanana
- Two Rivers
- Wiseman
+ Kenai Peninsula and Cook Inlet
- Anchor Point
- Clam Gulch
- Cooper Landing
- Fritz Creek
- Halibut Cove
- Homer
- Kasilof
- Kenai
- Moose Pass
- Nanwalek
- Nikiski
- Nikolaevsk
- Ninilchik
- Port Graham
- Seldovia
- Seward
- Soldotna
- Sterling
- Tyonek
+ Kodiak Island Archipelago
+ Kuskokwim River Mouth
- Akiachak
- Akiak
- Aniak
- Bethel
- Chefornak
- Eek
- Goodnews Bay
- Kasigluk
- Kipnuk
- Kongiganak
- Kwethluk
- Kwigillingok
- Lower Kalskag
- Mekoryuk
- Napakiak
- Napaskiak
- Newtok
- Nightmute
- Nunapitchuk
- Oscarville
- Platinum
- Quinhagak
- Red Devil
- Toksook Bay
- Tuluksak
- Tuntutuliak
- Tununak
+ Northern Alaska
+ Norton Sound and Bering Strait
- Alakanuk
- Brevig Mission
- Chevak
- Diomede
- Elim
- Emmonak
- Gambell
- Golovin
- Hooper Bay
- Kotlik
- Koyuk
- Marshall
- Mountain Village
- Nome
- Nunam Iqua
- Pilot Station
- Russian Mission
- St. Mary's
- St. Michael
- Savoonga
- Scammon Bay
- Shaktoolik
- Shishmaref
- Stebbins
- Teller
- Unalakleet
- Wales
- White Mountain
+ Prince William Sound
+ Southeast Alaska
