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Hop aboard an Alaskan commercial fishing vessel for a front row seat of
bountiful catches, breath taking scenery and unforgettable landscapes!

Professional photographer Chis Miller captures the scenery while set net
fishing in Bristol Bay, drift gill net fishing also in Bristol Bay, Trolling
for salmon in the outside waters of Southeast Alaska, Prawn fishing, and
Longlining halibut and black cod (Sablefish).

Chris Miller is a Freelance Photographer based in Juneau, Alaska who focuses
primarily on Commercial Fishing, Backcountry Skiing, and photojournalism. His
work has appeared in: Newsweek, the New York Times, Alaska Magazine, Anchorage
Daily News, Juneau Empire, the Worcester Telegram and Gazette, on CNN and the
Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and various other international publications as
well as several books. Currently he is working on a long term photo project on
the commercial fishery in Bristol Bay.

If you’d like to see some more photographs visit:

www.csmphotos.com

About commercial fishing in Alaska by Wikipedia:

Alaska supports one of the most productive commercial fishing economies in the
world. Fishermen typically receive well over $10 billion for their catch;
while the value of Alaskan seafood sold at first wholesale easily tops $30
billion. The economic impact of the seafood industry was estimated at
approximately $40.6 billion in a 2003 study. Subsistence and personal use
fisheries managed by the Division of Commercial Fisheries feed thousands of
Alaskans.

Commercially important species of seafood from Alaska include five species of
salmon, five species of crab, walleye pollock, Pacific halibut, Pacific cod,
sablefish, herring, four species of shrimp, several species of flatfish and
rockfish, lingcod, geoducks, sea cucumbers, and sea urchins. Sixty-three
aquatic farms also produce oysters, littleneck clams, and geoduck clams.

Salmon is the most valuable commercial fishery managed by the State of Alaska.
Commercial fisheries for salmon extend from Ketchikan to Kotzebue, as well as
deep into the interior of Alaska along the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. Salmon
are harvested using a variety of fishing gear and more Alaskans are employed
in harvesting and processing

salmon than in any other commercial fishery.

Bristol Bay is the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world and the most
valuable single salmon fishery in Alaska. Pink salmon, the most numerous
salmon species harvested in Alaska, often produce statewide harvests of over
100 million fish. Southeast Alaska, Prince William Sound, the Alaska
Peninsula, and Kodiak are the major pink salmon producing areas.

Shellfish is the second most valuable fishery managed by the state of Alaska,
with the largest shellfish harvests occurring in the Bering Sea. These
fisheries are managed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) on a
seasonal basis using a total allowable catch. This ensures sustainable wild
stocks and harvests under a fishery management plan adopted by the North
Pacific Fisheries Management Council (Council) that delegates specific
management authorities to the state. Smaller inshore fisheries for shellfish,
managed exclusively by the state, also occur.

State-managed Groundfish and herring fisheries add to Alaska’s seafood
economy. These fisheries are important because they diversify the products
that Alaskan processors can market and lengthen the time fishermen and
processing plants operate.

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