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Boxes of salmon on a hoist in Petersburg, Alaska ca. 1915. The Alaska salmon fishery is a managed fishery that supports the annual harvest of five species of wild Pacific Salmon for commercial fishing, sport fishing, subsistence by Alaska Native communities, and personal use by local residents.
Fishing vessels based in the city of Kodiak and Port Lions regularly fish the waters around Raspberry Island for the abundant salmon and halibut. Tourists frequent the two wilderness lodges that provide bear viewing, kayaking, extreme wilderness adventures and backpacking, ocean and fly fishing as well as hunting excursions.
Canneries Chetlo Harbor Packing Company, Chetlo Harbor, Washington (operated from 1912 to 1915, canning 10,000 cases of Salmon); Gulf of Georgia Cannery, Steveston, British Columbia (re-opened in 1994 as a fishing and canning museum)
Dillingham is the regional hub of the rich Bristol Bay salmon fishing district. Bristol Bay supports the world's largest runs of wild sockeye salmon and returns of other species of Pacific salmon. The Nushagak district produces an average of 6.4 million salmon annually and as many as 12.4 million salmon in 2006. [10]
The number of business lodges, hunting- and fishing-resorts and visitors to the nearby Katmai National Park and Preserve has grown exponentially in recent years. Sports fishing is another important local industry. Many lodges cater to sport fishermen targeting the salmon and trout populations in the freshwater tributaries.
Iliamna is located in southwest Alaska at (59.765135, -154.84031 It is bordered to the south by the city of Newhalen , to the west by the Newhalen River , and to the southeast by Iliamna Lake . According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 37.6 square miles (97.4 km 2 ), of which 37.1 square miles (96.2 km 2 ) are ...