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AFSC/REFM: Community Profiles for North Pacific Fisheries, Alaska 2011
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In 2005, the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) compiled baseline socioeconomic
information about 136 Alaska communities most involved in commercial fisheries. In
2010 and 2011, AFSC went through the process of evaluating the community profiles
and determining how to update them. A NOAA Technical Memorandum finalized in October
2011 documents the process we are undertaking to update the Community Profiles for
North Pacific Fisheries - Alaska (NOAA-TM-AFSC-230). In addition, the communities
to be included in the updated document were reevaluated to ensure that communities
with significant reliance on commercial, recreational and subsistence fishing are
included. A total of 196 communities have been profiled. The new profiles add a significant
amount of new information to help provide a better understanding of each community's
reliance on fishing. Introductory materials cover purpose, methods, and an overview
of the profiled communities in the larger context of the state of Alaska and North
Pacific fisheries. The community profiles comprise additional information including,
but not limited to, annual population fluctuation, fisheries-related infrastructure,
community finances, natural resources, educational opportunities, fisheries revenue,
shore-based processing plant narratives, landings and permits by species, and subsistence
and recreational fishing participation, as well as information collected from communities
in the Alaska Community Survey, which was implemented during summer 2011, and the
Processor Profiles Survey, which was implemented in Fall 2011.
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