With more than one third of the total worth of US catches in 2008, Alaska remained the nation’s dominating fishing state, a position held since 1975.
According to statistics from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaskan fishermen landed harvests worth 1.7 billion dollars last year, out of 4.4 billions for the Unites States as a whole.
Alaska was followed by Massachusetts (399.7 millions), Maine (300.9 millions), Louisiana (274.9) and Washington State ($248.7 millions).
The most important catches in Alaska were pollock/walleye ($323 millions), Pacific cod ($274 millions) and halibut (209 million dollars).