prince william sound area

• the prince william area in the south of alaska is famous for Salmon streams
• the fishing industry is worth 11 billion dollars
• in the commercial fishing industry they spend 3 months at sea without returning to land
• on average, they catch around 15,000 kilograms of fish a day
• the 15,000 kilos is worth about 12,000 dollars
• most of the catch goes to japan
• commercial fishing is fishing for profit
• they only fish for a short time a year, so it is considered sustainable as it allows stocks some time to recover
• fishing permits cost 150,000 dollars a year and it is tightly controlled
• there are 34,000 miles of coastline in alaska