Contact: Gordon Helm FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
7/31/96
Commercial fishermen brought 685 million pounds of fish, worth $146 million, to the port of Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska, in 1995 -- making it the port with both the highest volume and dollar value of fish in the nation, the Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced today.
Officials at NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service said the port of Dutch Harbor-Unalaska netted the top landings slot for an eighth straight year. However, landings there dropped 15 million pounds from 1994 figures due to declines in pollock landings. Kodiak, Alaska became the second leading U.S. port with landings of 362 million pounds. Empire-Venice and Cameron, La., the number two and three ports in 1994, dropped to third and fourth in 1995 with landings of 298 and 280 million pounds, respectively. Landings at each of the Louisiana ports declined over 100 million pounds and reflected decreased Gulf catches of menhaden.
Landings at Dutch Harbor-Unalaska were valued at $146 million, a decrease of $78 million from the record 1994 value of $224 million . Kodiak, Alaska, was second, with landings valued at $105 million, while the New Bedford, Mass., catch value was third in 1995.
The top 10 leading U.S. ports in volume and value of fish and shellfish landed in 1993, 1994 and the latest statistics of 1995 are:
VOLUME
(figures are in millions of pounds)
PORT 1993 1994 1995
Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska 793.9 699.6* 684.6
Kodiak, Alaska 374.2 307.7 362.4
Empire-Venice, La. 335.4 431.7 298.1
Cameron, La. 323.1 401.8 280.0
Intercoastal City, La. 202.7 304.8 179.2
Los Angeles, Ca. 99.8 98.2 168.5
Pascagoula-Moss Point, Miss. 169.7 200.9 128.6
Morgan City-Berwick, La. 147.5 243.6 127.4
Dulac-Chauvin, La. 142.4 217.0 123.3
Naknek-South Naknek, Alaska 78.7 100.4 120.9
* Record for quantity is 848.2 million pounds landed in Los
Angeles, Calif., in 1960.
VALUE
(figures are in millions of dollars)
PORT 1993 1994 1995
Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska 161.2 224.1** 146.2
Kodiak, Alaska 81.5 107.6 105.4
New Bedford, Mass. 107.5 82.4 86.9
Naknek-South Naknek, Alaska 43.5 61.5 84.3
Key West, Fla. 35.2 53.0 66.7
Dulac-Chauvin, La. 48.0 55.0 53.4
Empire-Venice, La. 52.3 60.1 51.1
Honolulu, Hawaii 56.9 44.0 46.7
Petersburg, Alaska 32.8 43.4 44.8
Point Judith, RI 35.2 36.5 43.7
** Current record for value.A complete list of commercial fishery landings and value at 60 major U.S. ports for 1992-1994 is available upon request.
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