NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-230
 

Improving Community Profiles
	

for the North Pacific Fisheries
	

by 

A. Himes-Cornell, C. Package, and A. Durland 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
 

National Marine Fisheries Service
 

Alaska Fisheries Science Center
 

November 2011 
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NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-230

Improving Community Profiles
	

for the North Pacific Fisheries
	

by 

A. Himes-Cornell, C. Package, and A. Durland 

Alaska Fisheries Science Center 

7600 Sand Point Way N.E. 

Seattle, WA 98115 

www.afsc.noaa.gov

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 John E. Bryson, Secretary 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 Jane Lubchenco, Under Secretary and Administrator 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

Eric C. Schwaab, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries 

November 2011 
This document is available to the public through: 

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ABSTRACT 

To provide baseline information about a large number of Alaskan fishing communities to 

fisheries managers, the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s (AFSC) Economic and Social Sciences 

Research Program (ESSRP) compiled existing information about, and published the Community 

Profiles for North Pacific Fisheries – Alaska (referred to as the Community Profiles from here 

on) in 2005 (Sepez et al. 2005). The Community Profiles have been widely used as the basis for 

fisheries management plans, social and economic impact assessments of proposed fishing 

regulations, and numerous discussions by natural resource agencies. However, it has become 

clear that the Community Profiles need to be updated with current information about 

communities’ dependence on fishing and additional categories of information that would be 

integral in determining the social and economic impacts of fishing regulations on local 

communities. 

In preparation for updating the Community Profiles, the ESSRP began the revision 

process by hosting conversations with community leaders and representatives around Alaska to 

engage them in how to revise the Community Profiles so that they better reflect their 

involvement in fishing. This effort represents a paradigm shift in how communities are engaged 

in fisheries management in Alaska by bringing them into the information gathering process that 

indirectly informs policymakers. The basic assumption of this approach is that communities are 

best equipped to describe their relationship to fisheries. To ensure that the new profiles reflect 

this knowledge, the AFSC consulted with community representatives to ensure that local 

knowledge about their communities is incorporated. 

Meetings were hosted in six Alaska regional hubs and involved over 100 community 

representatives ranging from tribal elders to community mayors to regional tribal consortiums. 

The meetings involved a group dialogue that provided an opportunity for ESSRP social scientists 

and Alaska community representatives to come together and discuss how to make the 

Community Profiles more informative and representative of Alaskan communities. The 

discussion focused on an exchange of local stories and knowledge that best illustrates the way in 

which fishing shapes the fabric of Alaskan communities. It is this sort of information that fishery 

managers need to know about Alaska communities that is not currently represented in the 

Community Profiles. Our task was to learn how to work with communities to best gather this 

unique information. Suggestions were made for improving the criteria for the selection of 

included communities. Throughout the meeting process, relationships and ties were built 

between community members and our team, and it became evident that community input into 

this source of baseline information about Alaskan fishing communities is a crucial element for 

improving the involvement of communities in the fishery management process and getting their 

voices heard. The information gathered at the meetings is being used to restructure the format of 

the Community Profiles, compile and organize data that may need to be included in the 

Community Profiles, and generate new criteria for the selection of included communities. 

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CONTENTS
 

ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................... iii
 

LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... vii 

LIST OF TABLES........................................................................................................................ vii 

ACRONYMS............................................................................................................................... viii
 

INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1 

BACKGROUND: COMMUNITY PROFILE DEVELOPMENT ................................................. 2 

Selection Criteria and Profiled Communities............................................................................. 3 

WHY UPDATE THE PROFILES? ................................................................................................ 3 

INTERVIEWS WITH END USERS OF THE COMMUNITY PROFILES.................................. 4 

Past/Current Uses ....................................................................................................................... 6 

Positive Attributes ...................................................................................................................... 7 

Suggested Changes to the Community Profiles ......................................................................... 8 

Future Uses............................................................................................................................... 10 

RECEIVING COMMUNITY INPUT .......................................................................................... 10 

Summary of Suggested Changes in Information and Data Categories to be Included in the 

Revised Profiles ................................................................................................................... 14 

Selection Criteria ........................................................................................................... 15 

Overall Formatting......................................................................................................... 15
 

New Data Categories ..................................................................................................... 15 

Data Sources .................................................................................................................. 16 

Review of the Draft Profiles ..................................................................................................... 18 

Stories....................................................................................................................................... 18 

Distribution of the Revised Community Profiles ..................................................................... 19 

USING COMMUNITY INPUT TO REVISE THE COMMUNITY PROFILES ........................ 20 

Modified Methodology for Community Selection ................................................................... 20 

Modified Profile Template ....................................................................................................... 23 

NEXT STEPS ............................................................................................................................... 24 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................................ 25
 

CITATIONS ................................................................................................................................. 26 

APPENDICES .............................................................................................................................. 27 

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Appendix 1: Data Categories Suggested For Inclusion in the Profiles and 

Sources for Suggested Categories........................................................................................... 29
 

Appendix 2: Draft 2010 AFSC Community Profile Outline. ....................................................... 81 

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LIST OF FIGURES 

Figure 1. Communities Included in 2005 Community Profiles.........................................6 

Figure 2. The Four Processes of Appreciative Inquiry..................................................12 

Figure 3. Mind Map to Help Solicit Suggestions on How to Revise the 

 Community Profiles Template..................................................................14 

Figure 4. All Communities to be Included in the Updated Community Profiles.....................23 

LIST OF TABLES 

Table 1. Communities Included in 2005 Community Profiles..........................................5 

Table 2. Past and Current Uses of the Community Profiles.............................................7 

Table 3. Summary of End User Suggested Changes to the Community Profiles.....................9 

Table 4. Anticipated Future Uses of the Community Profiles.........................................10 

Table 5. New Communities to be Profiled................................................................22 

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ACRONYMS
 

Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission CFEC 

Alaska Department of Fish and Game ADFG 

Alaska Division of Community and Regional Affairs DCRA 

Alaska Fisheries Science Center AFSC 

Economic and Social Sciences Research Program ESSRP 

Environmental Impact Statement EIS 

Indian Reorganization Act IRA 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act MSFCMA 

National Environmental Policy Act NEPA 

National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 

North Pacific Fishery Management Council NPFMC 

Restricted Access Management Division RAM 

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INTRODUCTION 

This report describes the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s (AFSC) efforts to revise the 

template for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Community 

Profiles for North Pacific Fisheries – Alaska (hereafter referred to as “Community Profiles”, 

Sepez et al. 2005) through partnership with and input from Alaskan fishing community members 

and end users of the profiles. Social scientists from AFSC pursued two different avenues for 

collecting public input regarding how the Community Profiles should be revised. First, phone 

and email interviews were conducted with end users of the Community Profiles document to see 

how the document might be improved for their purposes. We defined “end users” as those 

persons who regularly, or at least occasionally, use the profiles as a consolidated source of 

information on Alaskan fishing communities, or who often use profiles that were published for 

other regions and are expected to conduct social impact assessment in their region. End users 

include contractors who work for the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) on 

social impact assessments of fishery management decisions, regional NOAA employees who use 

the profiles when assessing management decision impacts, and academics that use the profiles 

when analyzing social aspects of U.S. fisheries for scholarly or teaching purposes. In the 

interviews, end users were encouraged to reflect upon what changes would increase the utility of 

the profiles for their uses. 

Second, a series of day-long, in-person workshops were held with residents of Alaskan 

fishing communities to learn what kinds of information community members would like fisheries 

managers to know about their communities through the Community Profiles. To accomplish this, 

six regional meetings were scheduled around the state. Meetings were held in Anchorage, 

Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, Bethel, Nome, Petersburg, and Kodiak. The meetings were hosted by 

AFSC social scientists with Alaskan fishing community members during the months of August 

and September 2010. Travel stipends were provided to assist attendees who incurred airfare and 

lodging costs in order to participate. These meetings consisted of a series of exercises designed 

to help solicit community member input on how the Community Profiles can best represent 

communities and their ties to North Pacific fisheries. 

One of the most profound results of these community meetings was the level of 

appreciation that community advocacy groups, tribal elders, and community representatives 

expressed to the AFSC staff for hosting the community meetings. The meetings were very wellattended, especially considering the long distances some community members had to travel in 

order to participate. Given the travel burden and the tedious task we were proposing to conduct 

for an entire day, we estimated that our meetings would be successful if we had 5-10 people 

show up in each location. All six of the meetings exceeded those expectations, with an average 

of about 25 people attending at each location. The meetings were extremely productive and 

resulted in the collection of many excellent ideas and new perspectives from both community 

members and end users. The information collected from these efforts will help to inform and 

improve the upcoming revision of the Community Profiles. This report describes the 
 

background, methods, and results of the community representative meetings and end-user 

interviews as well as the AFSC’s next steps for revising the Community Profiles. Overall, we 

found the community meetings to be overwhelmingly successful in terms of generating interest 

and participation from stakeholders. We collected information and ideas directly from fishing 

community residents and established liaisons within communities that will improve the ability of 

the AFSC to involve fishing communities in Center research projects in the future. 

This report provides the reader with background information detailing the development 

of the revised Community Profiles, including why the Profiles were produced and what they 

contain, an explanation of the community selection process, the reasoning for updating the 

Community Profiles, and a description of AFSC’s process for revising the profiles. 

BACKGROUND: COMMUNITY PROFILE DEVELOPMENT 

Various federal statutes, such as the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (MSFCMA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), require 

agencies to examine the social and economic impacts of policies and regulations. National 

Standard 8 of the MSFCMA specifically states that communities need to be considered when 

changes in fishing regulations are made, requiring that we “take into account the importance of 

fishery resources to communities” in order to provide for communities’ sustained participation in 

fisheries and to minimize adverse economic impacts on fishing communities. As part of this 

mandate, in 2005, the Economic and Social Sciences Research Program (ESSRP) of the AFSC 

published the Community Profiles. This document profiles 136 fishing communities in Alaska, 

providing basic information on social and economic characteristics for each community. 

The profiles were based on secondary data sources including the U.S. Census, Alaska 

Department of Fish and Game (ADFG), Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission 

(CFEC), National Marine Fisheries Service Restricted Access Management Division (NMFS 

RAM), Alaska Division of Community and Regional Affairs (DCRA; including their online 

Community Profiles), various community groups, web sites, and archives. Data from the year 

2000 were used to match population information retrieved from the decennial U.S. Census. 

The profiles are given in a narrative format of about three to five pages that include three 

sections: People and Place, Infrastructure, and Involvement in North Pacific Fisheries. People 

and Place includes information on location, demographics (including age and gender structure of 

the population, and racial and ethnic makeup), education, housing, and local history. Community 

Infrastructure summarizes current economic activity, governance (including city classification, 

taxation, Native organizations, and proximity to fisheries management and immigration offices) 

and facilities (transportation options and connectivity, water, waste, electricity, schools, police, 

and public accommodations). Finally, Involvement in North Pacific Fisheries details community 

participation in commercial fishing (processing, permit holdings, and aid receipts), recreational 

fishing, and subsistence fishing. 

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Selection Criteria and Profiled Communities 

Communities were selected for inclusion in the 2005 community profiling document by 

assessing commercial fishery-involvement indicators including landings, processors, vessels 

delivering landings, vessel homeports, vessel ownership, crew licenses, permits (registered state 

gear operator permits, fished state gear operator permits, registered state setnet permits, and 

registered federal vessel permits), and an aggregated indicator composed of the sum of each of 

the different data categories. Thresholds were developed for each indicator and are fully 

described in the original Community Profiles.1

 Exceeding the threshold for any single indicator 

was sufficient to trigger selection as a community to be profiled. The aggregate indicator was 

designed to trigger selection of communities that might not exceed the threshold in any one of 

the other indicators, but which had substantial participation in fisheries that came close to, but 

did not exceed, the threshold in multiple indicators, so that when assessed in aggregate, the 

threshold was crossed. This resulted in profiles for a total of 136 communities (see Table 1 and 

Fig. 1; more detailed methodological information is included in the introductory materials to the 

Community Profiles). 

WHY UPDATE THE PROFILES? 

The Community Profiles provide information on the relationship between communities 

and fisheries and have been used to support fisheries management decisions and provide baseline 

information for social impact assessments. Given the wide range of users that rely on the profiles 

and that the information presented in the profiles is now over 10 years old, it is important that we 

update it to better reflect the current links between communities and fisheries. 

AFSC social scientists plan to begin updating the Community Profiles once the 2010 U.S. 

Census data are released and project funding is secured. To prepare for the profile update 

process, AFSC social scientists solicited input from community members and end users of the 

document, with the goal of improving the structure and content of the profiles while updating the 

information reported. Community input is considered especially important in order to gather 

information that communities believe was missing from the first profiling effort so that they can 

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 Thresholds for Indicators:
 

Indicator 1: Landings in pounds(communities with landings were selected)
 

Indicator 2: Number of Processors (>0) 

Indicator 3: Number of Vessels Delivering Landings (>0) 

Indicator 4: Vessels Homeported Per Capita (>.15)
 

Indicator 5: Vessel Owners Residing in Community Per Capita (>.15)
 

Indicator 6: Crew Licenses Per Capita (>.15)
 

Indicator 7: State-issued Gear Operator Permits Per Capita (>.15)
 

Indicator 8: State-issued Gear Operator Permits Fished Per Capita (>.15)
 

Indicator 9: State-issued Setnet Permits Per Capita (>.15)
 

Indicator 10: Federally Issued Vessel Permits Per Capita (>.15)
 

Indicator 11: Aggregate Indicator = sumer of indicators 1 through 11 (> mean [.50]) 

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be better represented in the document and to provide a broader description of each community’s 

engagement in fishing. 

It is desirable to involve communities when deciding what and how information about 

them is portrayed in the Community Profiles. The public input meetings were designed to 

increase the opportunities for community members to provide input into baseline information 

used to support fisheries management decisions, and to build ongoing relationships between 

AFSC and Alaskan communities. The intended outcomes of these meetings included (1) 

collecting new categories of information to report in the profiles and discovering new sources for 

that information; (2) developing new ideas for a revised profile template; (3) developing a plan 

for how to increase the available information on communities that is used in fisheries 

management decisions; and (4) engaging communities in the profile revision process. 

INTERVIEWS WITH END USERS OF THE COMMUNITY PROFILES 

The first step in planning the community meetings was to hold unstructured telephone 

interviews with 13 end users, as defined above, of the Community Profiles. The purpose of these 

interviews was to collect information on how the profiles are used, what is most important to 

know about a community’s involvement in fishing, and how users would like the profiles to 

change. This information was summarized and presented at each of the community meetings. 

The results reported here represent unedited suggestions transmitted in the end user interviews. 

Inclusion in this summary report does not guarantee that a suggestion will be adopted for the 

revised Community Profiles, but that it was suggested and therefore is under consideration. 

End users supplied us with a variety of perspectives on the profiles, which can be 

summarized into four general categories: past/current uses, positive attributes of the profiles as 

currently published, suggested changes, and future uses of the profiles. 

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Table 1. -- Communities Included in 2005 Community Profiles. 

Adak Galena Metlakatla Saint George 

Akhiok Goodnews Bay Meyers Chuck Saint Mary’s 

Akiachak Gustavus Naknek Saint Paul 

Akutan Haines Napakiak Sand Point 

Aleknagik Halibut Cove Nelson Lagoon Scammon Bay 

Alitak Bay Hobart Bay New Stuyahok Seldovia 

Anchor Point Homer Newhalen Seward 

Anchorage/Chugiak/ Hoonah Newtok Shaktoolik 

Eagle River/ Hooper Bay Nightmute Sitka 

Girdwood Hydaburg Nikiski Skwentna 

Angoon Igiugig Nikolaevsk Soldotna 

Atka Iliamna Ninilchik South Naknek 

Bethel Ivanof Bay Nome Sterling 

Chefornak Juneau/Douglas/Auke Bay Old Harbor Tenakee Springs 

Chignik (Bay) Kake Ouzinkie Thorne Bay 

Chignik Lagoon Karluk Palmer Togiak 

Chignik Lake Kasilof Pedro Bay Toksook Bay 

Clam Gulch Kenai Pelican Tuntutuliak 

Clark’s Point Ketchikan/Ward Cove Perryville Tununak 

Cordova King Cove Petersburg Twin Hills 

Craig King Salmon Pilot Point Ugashik 

Dillingham Kipnuk Pilot Station Unalakleet 

Edna Bay Klawock Platinum Unalaska/Dutch Harbor 

Eek Kodiak Point Baker Valdez 

Egegik Kokhanok Port Alexander Wasilla 

Ekuk Koliganek Port Alsworth Whale Pass 

Ekwok Kongiganak Port Graham Whittier 

Elfin Cove Kotlik Port Heiden Willow 

Elim Kwillingok Port Lions Wrangell 

Emmonak Larsen Bay Port Moller Yakutat 

Excursion Inlet Levelock Port Protection 

Fairbanks Manokotak Portage Creek 

False Pass Marshall Prudhoe Bay 

Fritz Creek Mekoryuk Quinhagak 

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Figure 1. -- Communities included in 2005 Community Profiles. 

Past/Current Uses 

These profiles have served as a consolidated source of baseline information for assessing 

community impacts in Alaska and have been used in a number of applications, such as 

Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), North Pacific Fishery Management Plans, NOAA 

Technical Memorandums, and as background material for NPFMC committees and other natural 

resource agencies. NOAA researchers traveling to communities have used the profiles to become 

familiar with a community they are visiting. The profiles have also been utilized by communities 

to help them develop their city plans, by academics who have cited the works in various journal 

articles and books, and by students who have used the profiles as a resource for their theses. The 

Community Profiles are in the public domain and end users are encouraged to use information 

from the profiles as needed. However, the 2005 document specifies that they are not intended to 

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be a substitute for social science fieldwork in communities, which usually takes place before 

significant fishery management actions. A summary of these uses is presented in Table 2. 

According to information gathered from end users, information in the Community 

Profiles on the historical significance of fishing in a community is used when considering 

management decisions, specifically in social impact analysis (SIA) documents. The profiles have 

generally been used for analysis of allocations, bycatch or quota share program impacts, and to 

look at indirect impacts of individual Council decisions. Likewise, the profiles have been used to 

examine the potential effects that oil drilling could have on a fishing community, such as those in 

Cook Inlet. The profiles can provide descriptive material for the affected human environment as 

a baseline for NEPA analysis. They have been used in the Chinook Salmon Bycatch EIS and by 

communities in city plan development, such as the Gustavus Strategic Plan. 

Table 2. -- Past and current uses of the community profiles. 

General Use Type of User 

National Environmental Policy Act compliance 

– Environmental impact analysis 

Regulatory analysts 

Background information North Pacific Fishery Management Plans and 

North Pacific Fishery Management Council 

(NPFMC) committees, community advocacy 

organizations, community representatives, 

natural resource agencies, people interested in 

communities associated with CDQ entities 

Social Impact Analysis Regulatory analysts 

Regulatory Impact Reviews Regulatory analysts 

Regulatory Flexibility Analyses Regulatory analysts 

NOAA Technical Memoranda NOAA staff 

Preparation for travel to a specific community Researchers, academics, NOAA staff 

Research papers Academic researchers and students 

Community strategic plan preparation Community representatives 

Positive Attributes 

According to the end users, the profiles provide a broad picture of Alaskan communities. 

Users value the quantity of communities included in the profiles and appreciate that the profiles 

are readily available to the public online and are easy to reference. Users especially like the 

graphs included which show the population structure, racial structure, and employment structure 

of the community. Users also especially liked that the profiles are organized by region (which is 

useful for comparing Census characteristics across communities and provides the first data point 

for trend information). They appreciated that the governance structures, tribes, and organizations 

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associated with each village were included in the profiles. Finally, users found the subsistence 

section to be much more helpful on that topic than community profiles available for other 

regions of the United States, and also valued the sportfishing information. 

Suggested Changes to the Community Profiles 

Several changes to the profiles were suggested by multiple end users ranging in scope 

from the inclusion of more qualitative data to modifications to how the data are displayed. These 

suggestions are summarized in Table 3. All of the changes suggested by end users would 

facilitate more holistic regulatory analyses of proposed fishing regulations and allow them to 

more accurately portray the effects that a given regulation may have on one or more Alaskan 

fishing communities. It was suggested that we incorporate information in the profiles on 

challenges that fishing communities may be facing, such as effects of the proposed Pebble Mine 

on the Alaska Peninsula or gas drilling nearby or offshore of communities. Likewise, end users 

suggested the opportunities for communities to participate in fisheries should also be 

represented, along with limitations, such as workforce, infrastructure, and energy limitations, 

which can be heavily dependent on the current and planned new infrastructure. Summaries of 

this type of information would allow regulatory analysts to further understand the potential of a 

community to be affected, either positively or negatively, by proposed fisheries regulations. One 

of the most widespread suggestions was to include information on each community, including 

overall economic trends, the strength of fishing in the community, community well-being, and 

issues that are important to each community. 

It was suggested that some of the data would be more effectively presented in tabular 

form, including the number of fishing permits held and landings information pertaining to 

various species. It was also suggested that a table of the top 15 species by volume of landings 

and value in the community should be included to convey more about the community’s 

involvement and dependence on the fisheries. Additionally, it was recommended that the profiles 

should include graphs of the economic benefits derived from each of the major fisheries between 

2000 and 2010 and a graph that compares the 10-year trend of commercial versus subsistence 

fishing in each community. It was further suggested that the profiles should compare the number 

of state limited-entry fishery permits relative to federal fisheries permits, as well as a similar 

comparison in terms of overall percentage of landings by species. 

End users recommended that the infrastructure section should include whether broadband 

internet access is present in each community and describe any ecotourism activities related to 

Alaska’s natural resources, such as bear, salmon, and sea lion. End users encouraged us to 

include a map of each community that shows the bathymetry, the percentage of the area in the 

community that is made up of fisheries-related infrastructure, and where subsistence fishing 

occurs as an aid in assessing how dependent the community may be on fishing. Regulatory 

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Table 3. -- Summary of end user suggested changes to the Community Profiles. 

Suggested Changes to Include Description 

Challenges and opportunities for each 

community 

Analyze the ability of a community to participate in fishing 

Plans for future infrastructure Infrastructure, both fishing and non-fishing related, 

currently being built and planned to be built in the near 

future 

Effects of past, current, and future 

fisheries management decision 

Perceived and measured cumulative effects of management 

decisions on the communities 

Connections between fleets Define which communities are reliant on each other for 

fisheries support businesses 

Trends Changes over time and between communities regarding all 

fisheries related data that can be presented in 2000-2010 

Sustainable future and energy costs Trends and predictions in the costs of energy throughout 

Alaska and how changes have affected the way each 

community operates 

Effects of global climate change Quantitative and qualitative references to measured and 

perceived changes within each community that can be 

linked to climate change 

Economic activities Information pertaining to the entire range of industries that 

contribute to the local economy 

Involvement in fisheries Identify those communities that will be more impacted by 

management decisions related to each specific fishery 

Table of each species versus revenue Identify which species are most economically important to 

each community; include price per pound value 

Fisheries related revenue stream Income sources for each community, percentage of 

municipal or tribal revenue that is dependent on fishing 

(e.g., pot storage on public land, marine fuel sales) 

Increase demographic information National and state averages for standard demographic data 

Processor employee information Race, ethnicity, group quarters, number of employees 

Subsistence fishing Map of subsistence fishing grounds for each community 

Map of fisheries buildings Importance of fisheries related infrastructure to the general 

operation of each community 

Expand subsistence and recreational 

sections 

Number of permits, type of participation, amount of catch, 

years fisheries were open 

Bycatch species important to a 

community 

Quantity of catch and list of species 

Seasonality of population Months of the year with highest population and cause of 

population fluctuation 

Purpose of disaster funds Why money was received and when 

Selection indicators for including 

communities in the profiles 

Selection indicators for each community within their 

profile 

Bibliography of information sources Include sources of where to go for more information and 

for the data presented in the profiles 

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analysts explicitly stated that they need to have a better understanding about what is going on in 

shore-based businesses that support the fishing sector. 

Future Uses 

The suggested future uses of the profiles by the end users are similar to current uses. 

There will always be a need for basic demographic information and fisheries catch information, 

which is already present in the Community Profiles. The future uses are summarized in Table 4. 

Table 4. -- Anticipated future uses of the Community Profiles. 

General Use User 

National Environmental Policy Act 

compliance – Environmental impact 

analysis/Social impact analysis 

Regulatory analysts 

Economic development strategies Economic development organizations 

e.g., SWAMC 

Background information Alaska State Legislature policy makers/economists 

Economic analysis of the impacts of 

Steller sea lion protection 

Economists and policy makers 

Input-output models, supply and 

demand analysis, and spatial analysis 

Economists 

Programmatic redraft of the groundfish 

fishery management plan 

Regulatory analysts 

Southeast Conference strategic plan Southeast Conference 

Preparation for travel to a specific 

community 

Researchers, academics, NOAA staff 

Research papers and teaching tools Academic researchers and students and faculty 

RECEIVING COMMUNITY INPUT 

The community meetings were held between 23 August and 27 September 2010 in 

Anchorage, Dutch Harbor/Unalaska, Bethel, Nome, Petersburg, and Kodiak. Given difficulties 

with and the expense of travelling around Alaska, meeting locations were chosen due to their 

positions as regional hubs. For individuals who could not attend any of the meetings due to 

scheduling conflicts, a conference call was held on 30 September 2010, during which individuals 

could call in, listen to a brief summary of the six in-person meetings, and provide any additional 

input on how to revise the profiles. 

In order to increase the visibility of and participation in the meetings, the NPFMC and 

non-profit regional economic development organizations (i.e., Gulf of Alaska Coastal 

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Communities Coalition, Southeast Conference, and Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference) 

became co-sponsors of the meetings. We also relied on Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory 

Program agents and Alaska Native organizations to help increase the participation of fishing 

communities around the state. The meetings were open to the public; however, the meetings 

targeted individuals who represented local communities in an official capacity. Invitations were 

mailed to over 800 individuals and organizations, and over 150 individuals were contacted by 

email or phone to attend or help recruit participants. Meeting announcements were also posted 

on public notice boards, broadcast on local radio stations, and published in regional newspapers 

and newsletters. 

A relatively new approach to community meeting facilitation was adopted, coined “The 

Art of Hosting” by the Berkana Institute, which involves a participative experience that enhances 

meeting participants’ ability to work with others in more interactive, engaging, and effective 

ways (Berkana Institute 2010). The purpose of this style of facilitation is to nurture collective 

intelligence, shared learning, and effective action. It requires a participatory leadership approach 

based on convening strategic dialogue and conversations as drivers for decision-making by 

tapping into the collective intelligence of the group. 

A central component of this facilitation method is a focus on three conditions necessary 

for deeper and more meaningful conversations: work, relationships, and co-learning. In order to 

meet these conditions concurrently, one must work on a problem, build relationships that can 

help solve that problem, and find other individuals to work with to find the answer to the 

problem and build an ongoing relationship with those individuals. The key is making sure that all 

three of these conditions are supported. There is an art to hosting all three at once and the 

benefits from doing so will facilitate innovative thinking, work that feeds relationship building, 

and learning new ways to be together. 

In order to capture these three components of facilitation, the Berkana Institute trained 

and aided AFSC social scientists in adopting the theories of appreciative inquiry to design the 

structure of the community meetings. Appreciative inquiry is a basic philosophy about how to 

implement organizational change (Whitney and Trosten-Bloom 2010). The intent of appreciative 

inquiry is to engage individuals with a common interest in building an effective organizational 

development strategy that can affect change. In the case of Alaskan fishing communities, the 

goal is how to incorporate better information about their involvement in fishing into the fisheries 

management process for more informed decision-making. Appreciative inquiry is also intended 

to foster positive relationships, build on the strengths, successes, assets and potentials of 

everyone involved in the discussion, acknowledge the contribution of individuals both 

independently and collectively, and appreciate the different perspectives that people can bring to 

the table. 

Using this philosophy, discussions are focused on four processes: discovery, dream, 

design, and destiny (see Fig. 2; Whitney and Trosten-Bloom 2010). First, once an affirmative 

discussion topic that is important to all is chosen, participants in the discussion are encouraged to 

discover each other’s strengths, what organizational knowledge the people at the table have, and 

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what has worked well in the past. Second, participants are guided to focus on what the ideal 

strategy would be to accomplish the desired change. This involves collectively exploring 

participants’ hopes and dreams about the change they want, envisioning possibilities that are 

beyond boundaries of what has existed in the past, and challenging the status quo by helping 

people envision more valuable and vital futures and better bottom-line results and contributions 

to the overall organizational strategy that affects change. Third, participants are directed to make 

statements about what the ideal organizational strategy for implementing change should be and 

to develop clear and compelling pictures of what that ideal would realistically look like when it 

is reached. Finally, the destiny process focuses on the capacity of participants to contribute and 

step forward to accomplish the ideal, as well as the personal and organizational commitments to 

move forward and create the ideal. 

All of the key principles of the art of hosting and appreciative inquiry were incorporated 

into the design of the community meetings held for this research project. Each meeting followed 

the same format. First, participants were reminded about the importance and purpose of these 

meetings. A short overview was given about the original Community Profiles, including what 

type of information was included, how communities were selected, what data were used to create 

the profiles, and how they have been used by end users. 

Figure 2. -- The four processes of appreciative inquiry. 

Discovery 

What is and what 

has been 

Organizational 

knowledge 

Individual strengths 

Affirmative Topic 

(Community Profiles) 

Dream 

Explore hopes and 

dreams 

Challenge status 

quo 

Envision more 

valuable futures 

Design Destiny 

What should be the 

the ideal? 

Template of the 

profiles 

Empower, learn, 

adjust, and DO 

Gathering data 

(community voices 

and statistics) 

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Second, enlarged versions of the profiles of the communities represented at the meeting 

were posted around the room in order for participants to briefly review what is already included 

in the profiles and suggest additions. Participants also received an outline of the data types 

originally included in each profile. Participants were given Post-it Notes and were encouraged to 

think about and write down the types of information they would want the public and fisheries 

managers to know about their community’s involvement in fisheries. These notes were then 

collected and included as part of the summary of input from each meeting. 

Third, to further elicit participants’ thoughts on what is missing from the profiles, smallgroup discussions were initiated for participants to discuss important things that have happened 

in their respective communities related to fishing. The purpose of these small group discussions 

was to encourage participants to share the qualitative aspect of fishing in their communities that 

cannot be captured with the secondary data sources used to draft the initial profiles. Each small 

group had a facilitator that used the following prompts to help participants share what is 

important to their communities: ten things that describe fishing in participants’ communities, 

aspects of pride in participating communities or in participating communities’ history related to 

fishing, stories that define fishing in participants’ communities, how fishing in participants’ 

communities has been resilient in the face of significant change. 

Fourth, a mind map, a diagram used to generate ideas and gather information, was 

presented to facilitate a discussion of how the Community Profiles template should be changed. 

The mind map (see Fig. 3 below) included a map-like representation of the existing headings and 

major categories of data that were included in the initial profile template (Figure 2). The 

discussion was centered on translating the brainstorming that occurred in the profile review and 

small group discussions on the mind map into new categories of data and information that should 

be added to the profiles, renaming existing headings, and reorganizing the template itself. 

The discussion involved two parts. First, participants were divided into small groups and 

given a small version of the mind map on which to work. Second, a large group discussion 

invited participants to share the small group work. The facilitators recorded each new 

information category suggested and prompted participants to explain the rationale of adding that 

category to the profiles, how that information could be collected, and who would be the best 

source of that information. We also discussed how we might gather and incorporate information 

provided by communities into the profiles easily and quickly, and who might have access to the 

new information in each community. 

The final discussion topic centered on how the profiles should be distributed once the 

revisions are finalized in order to make them more widely available and useful to communities 

and policymakers. Specifically, we discussed where, to whom and in what format the profiles 

should be sent, where the profiles need to ‘live’ in the communities, and how to keep 

communities updated and involved in the community profile update. 

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Figure 3.-- Mind map to help solicit suggestions on how to revise the community profiles 

template. 

Summary of Suggested Changes in Information and Data Categories to be Included in the 

Revised Profiles 

The following sections summarize the discussions that occurred and the input received at 

the community meetings. We include a complete list of the suggestions that we received from 

meeting participants in Appendix A. After critically evaluating the suggestions in terms of 

feasibility and utility, we determined that not all suggestions could be adopted in the revised 

profiles. Further evaluation of these suggestions will take place as the Community Profiles are 

being revised and may suggest that additional categories of information be either added or 

eliminated from the profile template. 

A total of 184 people attended the community meetings. In each of the meetings, 

participants suggested changes to the community selection criteria; overall formatting; profiles 

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template; how we should collect further community input; data categories and sources; and 

where the completed profiles should be sent. The suggestions compiled in Appendix A represent 

the range of suggestions given at the meetings, without editing or filtering based on feasibility or 

utility. The list was too long to include in the text of this report. A subset of the suggestions is 

given below to illustrate the types of suggestions received. The complexity of suggestions in 

each category is representative of the dynamic nature of the meetings and the broad diversity of 

expertise present. 

Selection Criteria 

Many subsistence-dependent fishing communities were not included in the 2005 

Community Profiles because the primary selection indicators were related to commercial 

fisheries. As a result, many participants requested that different selection criteria be used to 

ensure that more small subsistence-dependent communities are included in the next version. One 

meeting participant suggested relying on the mode of the selection indicators as a threshold as 

opposed to the average. Participants suggested that all Community Development Quota 

communities and communities where subsistence fishing is important should also be profiled and 

included in the document. Additional communities that were specifically suggested for inclusion 

in the revised profiles are Cold Bay, Gambell, Savoonga, Diomede, Teller, Golovin, and 

Stebbins; however, a community does not need to be listed here individually to receive 

consideration for inclusion in the revised profiles. 

Overall Formatting 

Participants recommended that the final document should organize communities by 

region or borough and a regional hub profile should be included to describe the region as a 

whole, which would be followed by the profiles of the communities surrounding the hub 

community. In addition, participants suggested new overarching sections covering topics that 

were not previously included (see Appendix A). It was also suggested that the profiles include a 

series of maps of the boroughs, fisheries, cities, government offices, and tribal entities. 

Participants also suggested that references for more recent data should be provided. 

New Data Categories 

Meeting participants provided new data categories for each of the existing data 

subheadings that will be used to inform and design the profile revisions. This information 

included, for example, processor closures, infrastructure building plans, medical costs, and 

community history. All new data categories suggested by participants are summarized in 

Appendix A. In addition, participants suggested that the following be incorporated into the 

profiles: 

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	 A comprehensive description of the unique responsibility and relationship that the federal 

government has with the tribes in Alaska, specifically the need to meet and consult with 

the tribes in the interior as well as on the coast. 

	 Community-specific information regarding the importance of tourism, borough and city 

boundaries, and potential school closures. 

	 Groundtruthed population and demographic data in order to explain and define each 

community (some participants believed that information collected for the decennial U.S. 

Census is not accurate for their communities). 

	 The interconnectedness of communities and all economic sectors. 

	 Descriptions of important factors that affect communities, such as a fisherman’s ability to 

replace his vessel, future predictions for commercial fisheries, the difference between 

subsistence and sport fishing, sustenance versus sustainability, and state fisheries 

management that is affected by federal fisheries management. 

	 Trend data for everything possible, specifically, trends in commercial and subsistence 

catch as well as the community’s impression of what such changes suggest for their 

future. 

	 A general description of what has happened near and in that community, including 

transitions in the fisheries and communities, such as a processor going out of business, 

should also be included where applicable. 

	 A mention that federal and state funding requires at least 100 people to live in a 

community and at least 10 students in each school in order for the school to remain in 

operation. 

Data Sources 

The data sources suggested by meeting participants are listed in Appendix A by data 

category. Some data sources were not specific to any data category and are discussed here. One 

suggested new source is a community liaison who could travel to each community and talk to 

locals about fishing in their community. Some meeting participants suggested that we work with 

the Central Council of the Tlingit-Haida and the Southeast Conference to assist in compiling 

information, to help include community-provided information, and to edit the draft profiles. The 

Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program agents who attended the meetings offered to help 

with outreach in communities to ensure that we have participation during the editing process. 

AFSC social scientists will continue to build on the partnerships forged during these meetings to 

continue the process of community input at each successive stage of the profiles revisions. 

Participants suggested that we reference the State of Alaska Community Profiles for relevant 

information as was done in the 2005 version of the Community Profiles (see: Alaska Division of 

Community and Rural Affairs, 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm). 

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Additionally, it was suggested that Coastal Districts will be able to provide coastal 

development plans, which include the Bristol Bay, Aleutians East and West, and Bering Sea 

areas, and that the chamber of commerce in each community, borough, and the cities therein can 

provide direct connections with some of the data collectors and provide some of the 

demographic, economic, and infrastructure information to be included in the profiles. Other 

sources that could potentially provide information on the history of villages include: 

 Village corporations who own land 

 Conservation Easements Lands 

 Indian General Assistance Program 

 Tribal councils 

 Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) and non-IRA traditional councils 

 Community Service Representatives 

 Permanent Fund Dividend List 

 Tribal governments 

 Kawerak 

 Alaska Federation of Natives 

 CDQ entities 

 U.S. Office of Personnel Management 

 Alaska Migratory Bird Co-management Council 

 Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission 

 Kodiak Transfer 

 Association of Export Skippers 

 Kodiak Fisheries Advisory Association 

 Bering Straits Commercial Fisheries Board 

 Bering Sea Habitat Conservation Project 

 Denali Commission 

 Equal Opportunity Commission 

 International Whaling Commission 

 Steller Sea Lion and Sea Otter Commission 

 United Shellfish Growers Association 

 Eskimo Walrus Commission 

 Marketing Association 

 Whitefish Trawlers Association 

 Alaska Marine Conservation Council 

 Brother Francis Bed Shelter in Kodiak 

 Marine Trades Services Directory 

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Review of the Draft Profiles 

AFSC intends to solicit public comment on the draft revised profiles before they are 

finalized. This was also done with the 2005 Community Profiles. AFSC mailed copies of the 

draft profiles along with requests for comments to all communities included in the document, but 

only 15% responded. To improve the quantity and quality of community comments on the draft 

profiles, it was suggested that the drafts be sent out with a form that includes AFSC contact 

information and a place for community representatives to update their contact information, as 

was done for the 2005 profile drafts. It was also suggested that each person who provides 

comments should receive a reply so they know that their comments have been received. The 

deadline should be flexible to improve the response rate and allow more time for communities to 

review the drafts. In addition, participants recommended that the draft profiles should be sent out 

for comment in November, when people are generally present in their communities. The draft 

profiles should also be available on a web site for communities to access and provide comments 

electronically. A significant number of meeting participants requested that regional corporations 

and CDQ entities be kept informed about the request for public comment on the draft profiles 

and that all communities be reached by telephone to increase response rates, ensure accuracy in 

the profiles, and let them know when the profiles are published. 

Finally, community members expressed concern that the availability of the profiles would 

be delayed if they were published as a NOAA Technical Memorandum due to the requirement of 

a NMFS internal review. It was suggested that since it takes significant time to publish the 

profiles as a NOAA Technical Memorandum, that in the interim, the profiles could be posted 

online individually as they are completed so that the community level data are available 

immediately. 

Stories 

At each of the meetings, time was set aside to listen to people tell stories about their 

communities that they felt reflected their community’s relationship to fishing, based on the idea 

that there are some aspects of social relationships relevant to fisheries that are not easily captured 

in quantitative or systematic data, but which may be best conveyed by storytelling. An 

abundance of interesting and useful fishing stories were gathered. The stories ranged from moral 

teachings of the elders about how to treat fish, to how regulations have affected the fishing 

practices in communities. Meeting participants shared how fishing has evolved in some 

communities and how having natural resources, such as fish, available to the community 

increases overall health and well being. These stories were much appreciated and provided 

AFSC social scientists with some unique perspectives on what fishing means to the meeting 

participants and their communities, as well as information on the fishing-related issues affecting 

each region. We are examining the possibilities for inviting community members to draft some 

of their stories for inclusion in the revised profiles or in a companion volume. 

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Distribution of the Revised Community Profiles 

AFSC will be developing a comprehensive distribution plan to circulate the final revised 

Community Profiles. Meeting participants suggested providing access to the profiles in several 

locations, including, but not limited to all school and community libraries, city halls, schools, 

tribal offices, village corporations, borough offices, legislative offices, fishing associations, IRA 

councils, grant-writing organizations, Alaska Municipal League, and the United Fishermen of 

Alaska organization. In addition, it was suggested to widely distribute an informational flyer 

about the Community Profiles on ferries, in airports, city halls, tribal offices, libraries, CDQ 

entity offices, and the offices of the Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development 

Association (APICDA), Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA), Aleut Corporation, and 

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to increase public awareness of the 

document. Finally, participants requested that each community be mailed a CD of all the profiles 

along with several paper copies of their community’s specific profile. 

Several meeting participants expressed interest in seeing the profiles condensed into 

small fact sheets that can be more widely distributed and having access to the quantitative data 

for each community in a spreadsheet for easier analysis. To increase their availability, one 

participant suggested that notices should be published on the Marine Conservation Alliance’s 

informational list serve and integrated into Google Earth or Shore Zone. Additional suggestions 

included posting public notices in post offices, regional papers (e.g., Alaska Newspaper Inc.), 

regional corporations’ newsletters, local media, at tribal meetings, in legislative offices, on the 

radio, Facebook, and in the Alaska Department of Labor’s journal, Alaska Economic Trends. 

Once the profiles are updated, participants requested that a postcard notice be sent to each 

community and the profiles be highlighted in regional newspapers. Additionally, it was 

recommended that links to the profiles be posted on individual community web sites. 

Finally, given that information about individual communities changes often, many 

community members expressed concern that the information in the profiles will become outdated 

quickly. It was suggested that in order to combat such concerns, AFSC could maintain updated 

profiles or addendums to the profiles on the AFSC web site. It was suggested that we update the 

profiles on a tier system; the top tier would be updated every year or two and the bottom tier 

would be updated every 10 years. Participants recommended that the regional sections be 

assigned to Tier 1, the hubs to Tier 2, and individual communities to Tier 3. Furthermore, 

participants asked that the AFSC web site which hosts the profiles allow the public to request 

CDs or paper copies of the profiles online, include links to each individual profile on one page as 

opposed to the current drop-down menu (it was mentioned that the drop down menu is 

problematic for those with a slower internet connection), and enable the web site to collect 

comments on the draft versions of the profiles. 

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USING COMMUNITY INPUT TO REVISE THE COMMUNITY PROFILES 

During this initial phase of the Community Profile update process, we gathered an 

abundance of useful information and will use it to guide us as we plan to revise the profiles. The 

following sections outline how this information has been used to guide the Community Profiles 

revision process. 

Modified Methodology for Community Selection 

To broaden the selection criteria beyond commercial involvement in fisheries, we sought 

to obtain and include information on recreational and subsistence fishing. Data on recreational 

fishing are readily available; however, although availability of data on subsistence fishing are not 

consistent among all communities, we believed that it was important to include the best 

information available in order to capture communities that focus on subsistence harvest of 

marine resources. A new method was employed that utilized data envelopment analysis (DEA) 

techniques and indicators for commercial, recreational, and subsistence fishing to determine 

which communities would be included in the revised document. This method follows that used to 

select communities for the West Coast community profiling effort undertaken by NOAA’s 

Northwest Fisheries Science Center (Norman et al. 2007, Sepez et al. 2007). As described by 

Norman et al. (2007, p. 7), “DEA is a mathematical programming technique that allows one to 

compare multivariate data from several entities (here, communities) and rank each entity relative 

to one another. In this context, the ranking was based on involvement in fisheries, which was 

represented by the various indicators already compiled.”. This method uses numerical data to 

rank communities based on their involvement in fisheries and “allows for the comparison of 

entities across multiple indicators without requiring one to choose arbitrarily assigned weights to 

each indicator in the model” (Sepez et al. 2007, p. 46). 

Communities were selected for inclusion based on two measurements of fisheries 

participation and are indicative of 1) the community’s overall dependence on fishing; and 2) the 

community’s engagement in specific Alaskan fisheries. The terms “dependence” and 

“engagement” are quantitatively defined and used to rank communities against each other to 

determine those that are most important to profile. In this case, dependence was defined as a 

community’s overall level of participation in each Alaskan fishery relative to its population. 

Engagement was defined as a community’s level of participation in individual Alaskan fisheries 

as a share of total participation from all Alaskan communities. This was determined by 

comparing community involvement in specific fisheries to the total state-wide participation in 

each fishery. 

The indicators used to indicate both dependence and engagement were chosen to select 

the diversity of fishing among all Alaskan communities. Commercial fishing indicators were 

chosen to represent the major fisheries management plan categories of the North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (i.e., crab, Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, Gulf of Alaska 

groundfish), other major fisheries in Alaska (halibut, herring, salmon), and all remaining 

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fisheries in Alaska divided between finfish and shellfish (other finfish, other shellfish). For each 

fishery, dependence and engagement was calculated using available data on commercial fish 

landings, permit and crew license holdings, vessel ownership, and processing plants. Subsistence 

fishing indicators focused on subsistence permit holdings and recorded harvests of major 

subsistence marine resources. Recreational fishing indicators focused on sportfishing business 

and guide license holdings and sportfishing license holdings. 

As of 2009, a total of 325 populated Census-designated places (CDP) existed in Alaska. 

Of these, 288 CDPs were recorded as having a resident population. Data for 20 dependence 

indicators and 47 engagement indicators were obtained for each of these CDP. These indicators 

were used to construct two separate DEA models to rank communities according to their 

dependence and engagement on fishing. The results of the models provided a score for each 

community between zero and one, with one being the highest possible score (indicating 

communities that are the most dependent on or engaged in fishing) and zero being the lowest 

possible score. The community scores were then ranked. All communities that received a score 

above the median for either the dependence or engagement model (118 communities that were 

profiled previously and 51 communities that were not profiled previously) were considered the 

most dependent and engaged and therefore selected for inclusion in the updated profiles. In 

addition, 17 Community Development Quota (CDQ) communities that did not receive scores 

above the median were also selected to be profiled, independent of their score, given their close 

ties to fishing through the CDQ program. Finally, eight communities that were previously 

profiled, but did not receive a score above the median for either model, were also selected to be 

profiled since a significant amount of work for those communities had already been done in the 

original Community Profiles. From this analysis, a total of 194 communities were selected for 

inclusion in the updated document (see Tables 1 and 5 and Fig. 4), 68 of which were not profiled 

previously. 

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Table 5.-- New communities to be profiled. 

Akiak Holy Cross Nunapitchuk 

Alakanuk Huslia Oscarville 

Allakaket Hyder Point Lay 

Aniak Kaktovik Red Devil 

Anvik Kasigluk Russian Mission 

Barrow Kiana Saint Michaels 

Brevig Mission Kivalina Savoonga 

Chenega Kotzebue Selawik 

Chevak Koyuk Shageluk 

Coffman Cove Kwethluk Shishmaref 

Cold Bay Lower Kalskag Stebbins 

Cold Foot Mcgrath Talkeetna 

Cooper Landing Moose Pass Tanana 

Copper Center Mountain Village Tatitlek 

Council Nanwalek Teller 

Delta Junction Napaskiak Tok 

Diomede Nenana Tuluksak 

Eagle Nikolski Two Rivers 

Fort Yukon Noatak Wainwright 

Gakona Nondalton Wales 

Gambell North Pole White Mountain 

Glennallen Nuiqsut Wiseman 

Grayling Nunam Iqua 

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Figure 4. -- All communities to be included in the updated Community Profiles. 

Modified Profile Template 

In the community meetings, participants were reminded that we would record and 

consider all suggestions, but that only suggestions that had easily accessible data sources and that 

fit within the scope of the Community Profiles can be included. The suggestions provided at the 

community meetings have been used to revise the template that will be used in developing the 

next iteration of the Community Profiles. Each of the data categories and subcategories 

suggested by meeting participants has been evaluated for feasibility of inclusion in the revised 

profiles (see Appendix 1). 

There were also several data categories that were deemed necessary for inclusion but are 

not currently available. To obtain these data, the AFSC conducted a survey during spring and 

summer 2011 of all communities that will be included in the revised document. The survey was 

developed using input from several end users, community representatives, and regional non23 
profits, and focused on the data categories that meeting participants overwhelmingly thought 

should be included in the profiles, but which did not have readily available data sources. More 

specifically, this included information on community revenues based in the fisheries economy, 

population fluctuations, fisheries infrastructure available in the community, support sector 

business operations in the community, community participation in fisheries management, and 

effects of fisheries management decisions on the community. The information collected in this 

questionnaire was intended to capture the most relevant and pressing types of data needed for 

socioeconomic analyses of Alaskan communities affected by fisheries management actions. 

Once a final list of new data categories was selected for inclusion in the profiles, the 

original template used to develop each profile was modified. Each new data type was added to 

the relevant section of the template. See Appendix B for the draft revised template. The draft 

template is expected to represent the ideal profile; however, it is subject to change depending on 

the degree to which we are successful in obtaining information about each community. 

NEXT STEPS 

AFSC expects to begin revising the Community Profiles during the fall of 2011. Once a 

draft of each community’s profile is completed, it will be sent to official contacts in their 

community, to organizations that were suggested to AFSC staff during this process, and to all the 

meeting participants from that community. Feedback on individual community profiles will help 

us to ascertain the accuracy and completeness of information presented. We anticipate getting a 

significantly larger number of community responses to the draft profiles during this round of 

profile drafting due to the improved protocols suggested by meeting participants on how to more 

effectively circulate draft profiles and generate public interest in participating to make the 

profiles more effective. We hope to have the draft profiles completed and ready for circulation 

and comment by mid to late 2012, depending on availability of funding. However, the drafting of 

the profiles is a long and tedious process, and with the proposed changes to the profiles, it might 

take longer than anticipated to write the draft profiles. We are more than willing to accept 

additional suggestions and comments up until the profiles go to press and we plan to make 

addenda and errata available as needed on the website after the profiles have been printed. The 

best way to submit comments or questions on the profile update process is to send email to 

AFSC.Community.Profiles@noaa.gov. 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 

This project could not have been completed without the generous assistance of a number 

of people and organizations. The AFSC provided funding, staff time, and support services for 

this project. Most of all, we would like to acknowledge the time and effort that all of the meeting 

participants put in to make these meetings a success. Jennifer Sepez helped facilitate the 

meetings in Nome and Bethel and helped plan their structure. Jean Lee did extensive online 

research to identify existing data sources for many of the data categories suggested by the 

meeting participants. Teresa Posakony and Chris Corrigan of the Berkana Institute provided 

meeting facilitation training and helped us design the overall form of the meetings. Chris 

Corrigan also assisted us with the Anchorage and Unalaska/Dutch Harbor meetings. Scott Miller 

provided invaluable insight for some of the fisheries management concerns raised at the 

Unalaska/Dutch Harbor and Kodiak meetings and helped us clean up after the meetings. Rebecca 

Reuter presented the AFSC’s outreach strategy and helped us set up and break down tables and 

chairs for the Nome and Petersburg meetings. Kevin Wilson provided assistance in planning the 

meetings. Russ Nelson and Bob Lauth presented the preliminary results of the AFSC’s 2010 

Northern Bering Sea Trawl Survey and helped us set up and break down tables and chairs for the 

Nome meeting. Last, but not least, we would like to extend our gratitude to our co-sponsors for 

their invaluable help in recruiting participants for the meetings: Andy Varner and Erik O’brien at 

Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference; Shelly Wright at Southeast Conference; Gale Vick and 

Chuck McCallum at the Gulf of Alaska Coastal Communities Coalition; and Nicole Kimball at 

the NPFMC. 

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Norman, K., J. Sepez, H. Lazrus, N. Milne, C. Package, S. Russell, K. Grant, 

R. Petersen, J. Primo, M. Styles, B. Tilt, and I. Vaccaro. 2007. Community profiles for 

West Coast and North Pacific fisheries – Washington, Oregon, California, and other U.S. 

states. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-85, 602 p. 

Sepez, J. A., B. D. Tilt, C. L. Package, H. M. Lazrus, and I. Vaccaro. 2005. Community profiles 

for North Pacific fisheries - Alaska. U. S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFSAFSC-160, 552 p. 

Sepez, J. A., K. C. Norman, and R. Felthoven. 2007. A quantitative model for ranking and 

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Anthropology Bull. 28(1): 43-56. 

Whitney, D., and A. Trosten-Bloom. 2010. The power of appreciative inquiry: A practical guide 

to positive change, 2nd edition. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc, San Francisco, CA. 

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APPENDICES
 

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Appendix 1: Data Categories Suggested For Inclusion in the Profiles and Sources for Suggested Categorie

The information in this appendix is reported as it was suggested at the community meetings. Sources for 

been provided where they are known. All websites provided here were accessed in April and May 2011. Rows thgray have been deemed infeasible to include in the revised Community Profiles. All other rows are feasible for insome cases they may not be included due to their limited connection to fisheries. The data categories to be includ

once work on the revisions is started. 

Heading in 

profiles Data category Data subcategory 

Included 

in 2005 

profiles 

Sources 

People and 

Place 

Source: Alaska Department of Labor site for 2010 Census data releases: 

http://labor.alaska.gov/research/census/home.htm 

Alaska Department of Labor population projections 2010-2034: 

format; projections by region, borough, and Census area: http://labor.alaska.gov/research/pop/popproj.htm 

2010 Census data release schedule – Data tables on age, sex, rac

Hispanic origin, households, families, housing tenure and occuppopulation density, and area measurements scheduled for 2012 release: http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2010/glanc

Community library internet log, South West Alaska Municipal 

League, Alaska Community Survey

Year 

incorporated

Yes Source: 

Alaska Department of Community and Rural Affairs (DCRA) 

Community Database: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_CIS.htm 

Location Description of 

geographic location 

Yes Source: 

DCRA Community Database – General Overview in Location 

section: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_CIS

Area in square miles 

(land and water) 

Yes Source: 

DCRA Community Database– General Overview in Location se

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_CIS.htm 

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Heading in 

profiles Data category Data subcategory 

Included 

in 2005 

profiles 

Sources 

Demographic Total population Yes Source: 

profile (year round, 

seasonal) 

2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov 2005-09 American Community Survey: 

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

Alaska Department of Labor annual population estimates: 

http://www.labor.state.ak.us/research/pop/popest.htm 

Alaska Community Survey 

% of population male 

and Female 

Yes Source: 

2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov 2005-09 American Community Survey: 

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

Change in population 

over time 

Yes Source: 

DCRA Community Database – Census Population History sectio

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_CIS.htm 

2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov: www.census.gov 2005-09 American Community Survey: 

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

Race of population by 

percent 

Yes Source: 

2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov: www.census.gov 2005-09 American Community Survey: 

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

Percent of population Yes Source: 

that recognized 2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov 

themselves as all or 2005-09 American Community Survey: part Alaska Native or http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ American Indian 

Percent of population Yes Source: 

that is Hispanic 2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov (referred to as 2005-09 American Community Survey: ethnicity by Census) http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

Median age of Yes Source: 

population vs. 2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov National median 2005-09 American Community Survey: 

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

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population 

Yes Source: 

2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov 2005-09 American Community Survey: 

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

Percent of population 

in a meaningful age group (was different for each profile depending on what was meaningful) 

Yes Source: 

2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov 2005-09 American Community Survey: 

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

Housing units 

including: # of housing units, # vacant, and # vacant due to seasonal use 

Yes Source: 

2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov 2005-09 American Community Survey: 

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

Households vs. 

Group Quarters: number of people living in households & number of people living in group quarters 

Yes Source: 

2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov 2005-09 American Community Survey: 

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

Educational 

Attainment: %of population that had graduated from high school/gone on, % with BA, % with graduate or professional degree 

Yes Source: 

2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov 2005-09 American Community Survey: 

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

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Population Temporary residents Source: 

patterns No direct data on temporary vs. permanent residency. 

Alaska Department of Labor site for 2010 Census data releases – 

group quarters population may be a proxy for temporary vs. permanent residency: http://labor.alaska.gov/research/census/home.htm 

2005-09 American Community Survey: 

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

Alaska Department of Labor 2009 report on resident and nonres

workers: http://labor.alaska.gov/research/reshire/reshire.htm 

Alaska Community Survey 

Permanent residents Source: 

See sources above for temporary residents. Permanent Fund Annual Reports – annual count of applicants fo

Permanent Fund Dividend, by place (note that this may not accureflect # of permanent residents since some applications are denhttps://www.pfd.state.ak.us/annualreports/index.aspx 

DCRA Rural Population report – rural population trends/migrati

2000-2008 data available by region and census area/borough: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/pub/Rural_Population_Re2009_web.pdf 

Months and reason 

for annual pop. Peak

 Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Months with seasonal 

workers in town

 Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

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Male dominance in Yes Source: 

population Alaska Department of Labor population by age and sex (2010 C

data): http://live.laborstats.alaska.gov/cen/dparea.cfm 

Description of history Yes Source: 

of community DCRA Community Database and other sources such as websites

books, etc.: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_CIS.htm 

Land Data is readily available on entitlement acreage for each corpora

ownership but additional detail on permitted use and other restrictions is no

readily available. Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – select “ANCSA Native Claims 

Settlement Status” as data type; shows ANCSA land entitlement acreage: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

For more detail on land holdings, check regional/village corpora

web sites or annual reports - list of Alaska Native Regional Corporations and village corporations – websites for all regional corporations and selected village corporations are available. Mahave additional detail on fees, permitted uses, etc.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Native_Regional_Corporat

DNR map of general land ownership in Alaska – overview of Al

land holdings by state, federal government, private, native corporations: http://dnr.alaska.gov/Landrecords/images/ 

who_owns_alaska_poster.jpg Alaska Land Mapper (map data): http://mapper.landrecords.infoAlaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR): 

http://dnr.alaska.gov/ 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM): http://www.blm.gov 

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Community 

resilience 

Source: various online articles available provide general information on 

Alaska community resilience, esp. w/r/t climate change: 

Forced Migration Review: http://www.fmreview.org/ - search fo

articles on Alaska 

Traditional 

knowledge and culture 

No centralized, up-to-date source for this information at the 

community level. See general resources below. 

Source: Alaska Traditional Knowledge and Native Foods Database – pro

from 1999, so most information is outdated: http://www.nativeknowledge.org/ 

Alaska Native Knowledge Network – various resources on this s

including cultural atlases: http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/ 

Alaska Native Heritage Center, Cultures of Alaska – general 

information on five major cultural groupings: http://www.alaskanative.net/en/main_nav/education/culture_ala

National Parks Service (NPS): http://www.nps.gov Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR): 

http://dnr.alaska.gov/ 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM): http://www.blm.gov Individual tribes 

World views Source: 

See “Traditional knowledge and culture” above 

Spirituality Source: 

See “Traditional knowledge and culture” above 

Customary use of 

natural resources 

Source: DCRA Community Profiles– general overview / culture and eco

– may have some information on customary/subsistence use: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Season and cycle of 

fish 

Source: No centralized resources readily available. USFWS Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program - some reports 

contain information on traditional knowledge for selected subsisfisheries: http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/fis.cfml?fissel=5 

http://www.yukonsalmon.com/whatwedo/NaturalIndicatorsRepo

0.pdf - report on natural indicators of salmon runs on Yukon Rivfrom Arctic Yukon Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon Initiative 

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Respect sharing No data source known. 

Traditional clan areas No community-level data readily available. 

Source: See “Traditional knowledge and culture” above. Haa Aani, Our Land, Tlingit & Haida Land Rights & Use 

(Goldschmidt & Haas) 

Sense of place Source: 

Use DCRA Community Profiles as a starting point, but then do 

individual research on each community: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Quality of life Community 

challenges 

Source: No centralized resource available for community-level data. UAA Community Indicators Project – surveys of community att

in Anchorage and Mat-Su: http://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/indicators/index.html 

Alaska Community Survey 

Community changes Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Source: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium ANTHC statewide and 

regional level data, including regional profiles prepared by AlasNative Epidemiology Center– note that recentness of data varies statistics (2003-2009): http://www.anthc.org/chs/epicenter/dd.cf

Community centers Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – select “Facilities, Utilities and 

Services” section, “Community Hall”: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Social issues No data source known. 

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Crime Source: 

Uniform Crime Reports, published annually – statistics voluntar

reported from selected Alaska communities’ police departmentshttp://www.dps.state.ak.us/Statewide/UCR.aspx 

Village Public Safety Officers (VPSO) – no centralized source f

community information, check Alaska Native Regional Corporawebsites for information; general information on program at http://www.dps.state.ak.us/ast/vpso/ 

Drug and alcohol use If only regional data is available, should include in the regional 

profiles. If available at the community level, should include to shhealth of the community (level of alcoholism can be a huge probfor Native communities). A proxy for this could be their status adry/damp 

Source: ANTHC regional health profiles – alcohol use data available up 

2006, at the regional level; drug use data available only at the stalevel: http://www.anthc.org/chs/epicenter/pubs.cfm 

Alaska Alcoholic Beverage Control, dry/damp communities: 

http://www.dps.state.ak.us/abc/restrictions.aspx 

Mental health 

incidents and disease 

No data source known. 

Community cohesion No data source known. 

Leisure time No data source known. 

Teen pregnancy Source: 

ANTHC regional health profiles – teen birth rate available for 20

2005 at regional level: http://www.anthc.org/chs/epicenter/pubs.

Natural Source: 

resources and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC): environment http://www.dec.state.ak.us/ 

Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR): 

http://dnr.alaska.gov/ 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM): http://www.blm.gov U.S. Forest Service: http://usfs.gov 

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Weather Sea ice seasonality General information on sea ice extent is widely available, but no 

centralized resources on sea ice dependence/seasonality by community or region known. 

Source: Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Project: 

http://bsierp.nprb.org/ 

Climate change (land, 

erosion, sea level rise) 

Some information available at community level. Source: DCRA Community Profiles – Location and Climate sections wit

General Overview provide summaries of current weather/climathttp://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Alaska Climate Change Sub-Cabinet reports 

(http://www.climatechange.alaska.gov/) 

Army Corps of Engineers Alaska Baseline Erosion Assessment 

(2009): http://www.poa.usace.army.mil/en/cw/planning_current%20proj%20info/Alaska%20Baseline%20Erosion%20Assessment%20%EA%29%20Main%20Report.pdf 

Community water resources impact analysis – selected commun

affected by climate change were included in this study: http://www.climatechange.alaska.gov/docs/iaw_tt_imperiled_h2un10.pdf 

High-priority communities – communities determined to be mos

seriously affected and recommended for relocation: http://www.climatechange.alaska.gov/iaw.htm 

Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP): 

http://ine.uaf.edu/accap/ 

Commercial Source: 

uses Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic 

Development (DCCED): http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/ 

Alaska Community Survey 

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Mining No community-level data available. 

Source: Alaska Miner’s Association 

(http://www.alaskaminers.org/index.html) – see “2011 Overview Mining Industry” for recent summary of mining activity in Alas“Economic Impact of Alaska’s Mining Industry” links to annual reports, 2006 report is the most recent comprehensive report available: http://www.alaskaminers.org/mcd06rpt.pdf 

Profiles of Native corps and mining interests: 

http://www.alaskaminers.org/nativecorps.pdf 

Alaska Resource Development Council – Mining – overview of 

mining in Alaska, including major production sites and sites unddevelopment: http://www.akrdc.org/issues/mining/overview.htm

Alaska Department of Economic Development Minerals 

Development, mining projects in Alaska: http://www.dced.state.ak.us/ded/dev/minerals/mine1.htm 

Alaska Community Survey Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcem

http://www.boemre.gov/ 

Timber Source: 

Overview of commercial timber resources/activity in Alaska: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/ded/dev/forest_products/foresducts2.htm 

Alaska Division of Forestry – timber management on state land, 

includes forest land use plans, schedules of timber sales/producthttp://forestry.alaska.gov/timber/ 

USFS Region 10 (Alaska) – federal forestry management: 

http://www.fs.usda.gov/ 

Alaska Community Survey 

US Fish and Wildlife Service: http://www.fws.gov 

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Oil Source: 

Alaska Oil and Gas Association economic impact reports (2008) 

information available by region: http://www.aoga.org/facts-andfigures/economic-impact-reports-2/ 

NPR-A (North Slope) Environmental Impact Statement docume

Bureau of Land Management: http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/prog/planning/npra_general.html 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Alaska Region Environm

Impact Statement documents: http://alaska.boemre.gov/ref/eis_e

ALARI database – 2009 data on % of workers employed in a ga

occupation: http://labor.alaska.gov/research/alari/ 

Gas Source: 

See resources for oil above. 

Hazards Source: 

U.S. Coast Guard: http://www.uscg.mil/ Aleutians Islands Risk Assessment Panel, Environmental Protec

Agency (EPA) 

State of Alaska 2010 Hazard Mitigation Plan – descriptions of h

in Alaska by region, Appendix includes list of disaster declaratiosee Appendix 15 for communities with local hazard mitigation phttp://ready.alaska.gov/plans/documents/SHMP_2010_UPDATETIRE_FINAL_COMPLETE.pdf 

DCRA Local Hazard Mitigation Plans –for selected communitie

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dcra/planning/nfip/mitigation.

Military base clean 

ups 

Data available by state and/or facility. Source: Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: 1988-1995 

facilities by state (http://www.brac.gov/docs/final/AppendixF.pd2005 facilities by state (http://www.brac.gov/docs/AppendixCFinalUpdated.pdf) 

DEC Contaminated Sites Program, DOD sites: 

http://www.dec.state.ak.us/spar/csp/dod_sites.htm 

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General 

environmental contamination remediation efforts 

 Source: 

DEC Contaminated Sites Program: contaminated site summaries (by region) – summaries are availa

for selected sites only (http://www.dec.state.ak.us/spar/csp/list.h

contaminated sites database 

(http://www.dec.state.ak.us/spar/csp/db_search.htm) and contaminated sites mapper (http://www.dec.state.ak.us/spar/csp/map/index.htm) – more comprehensive, searchable by city and s

Harmful algal blooms Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is an issue with shellfish harv

on Alaska beaches. DEC does not routinely test recreational beafor shellfish toxins, but Alaska epidemiology does release periodreports on cases of poisoning. 

Source: Alaska Sea Grant info on PSP: 

http://seagrant.uaf.edu/features/PSP/psp_page.html 

DEH page on Alaska PSP: 

http://www.dec.state.ak.us/eh/fss/seafood/psp/psp.htm 

Pollution No data source known. 

Garbage No data source known. 

Air quality No data source known. 

Volcanoes Source: 

Alaska Volcano Observatory regional map of Alaskan volcanoes

in map format; shows active and historically active volcanoes: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/index.php 

Earthquakes No data source known. 

Storms No data source known. 

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Superfund sites Source:

 EPA Superfund sites in Alaska 

(http://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/srchrslt.cfm?start=1&D=4736520&CFTOKEN=77421400&jsessionid=e0309f506015170820326f79744f2794) and cleanup sites (http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/cleanup.nsf/webpage/Alaska+Cleanites), generally by city 

Resources for disaster 

relief 

Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency major Alaska disaster 

declarations: http://www.fema.gov/news/disasters_state.fema?id

Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Managem

see press releases for recent state disaster declarations: http://www.ak-prepared.com/ 

Economy Sources: 

DCCED-Division of Corporations: http://www.dced.state.ak.us/Alaska Department of Labor: http://labor.state.ak.us/ Internal Revenue Service: http://www.irs.gov Northern Economics: http://labor.state.ak.us/ UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER): 

http://www.iser.uaa.alaska.edu/ 

Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEAARDOR): http://www.aidea.org/ Alaska Economic Trends: http://labor.state.ak.us/trends/ McDowell Group reports: 

http://www.mcdowellgroup.net/publications/index.htm 

Balance of 

government and private business 

Source: Alaska Department of Labor ALARI workforce information – 2

most recent year available; see “Resident workers by sector”: http://labor.alaska.gov/research/alari/ 

Economic 

seasonality 

Fluctuation in number 

of jobs 

None known. 

Fluctuation in 

dependence in fishing 

None known. 

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Community Variety of business Source: 

resilience sectors 2005-09 American Community Survey: 

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov (might not be included 

2010 census because switched to short form) 

Percent of the 

economy revenue is coming from different sectors 

No data source known. 

Catcher- Source: 

sellers ADF&G Intent to Operate file – 2011 available at 

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/license/fishing/pdfs/2011ito_fry.pdf, note that intents to operate may not reflect actual operatothe given year 

Cost of living Source: 

index McDowell Group, Alaska Geographic Differential Study – note 

this report’s geographic sample blocks may not correspond direcCommunity Profile geographic units: http://doa.alaska.gov/gds/home.html 

UAF Cooperative Extension Service monthly food cost survey: 

http://www.uaf.edu/ces/fcs/ 

U.S. Coast Guard: http://www.uscg.mil Alaska Department of Labor: http://labor.alaska.gov Alaska Municipal League: http://www.akml.org/ Cooperative Extension Service: http://www.uaf.edu/ces/ Alaska Housing Finance Corporation: 

http://www.ahfc.state.ak.us/home/index.cfm 

Alaska Department of Administration: http://www.doa.alaska.go

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General Source: 

employment Alaska Department of Labor local and regional info (ALARI 

database) (2009 data, unemployment data more recent) – demographic snapshot, total wages, employment by sector/indusoccupations, top employers, taxes): http://labor.alaska.gov/research/alari/ 

Largest employers in Yes Source: 

community U.S. Census: http://www.census.gov 

DCRA Community Profiles: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Migratory labor 

streams 

No data source known. 

Global market forces: 

globalization of a resource and business and the imports and exports of the community 

Foreign trade information (exports/imports) is available for U.S. 

Customs Districts (Anchorage) and ports only (exports from a pmay not reflect products from local communities). Data unavailathe regional/community level. 

Source: General article on 2010 Alaska exports: 

http://www.akbizmag.com/more/11501-governor-announces-be

year-for-alaska-exports-42-billion.html 

State exports by product, trading partner: 

http://gov.alaska.gov/parnell_media/resources_files/charts.pdf 

% employed: total Source: 

population, of total 2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov pop over 16, by 2005-09 American Community Survey: occupation http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

Percent of the 

population age 16 and over that were employed, unemployed, armed forces, and not in labor force 

Yes Source: 

2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov 2005-09 American Community Survey: 

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

Unemployment rate Source: 

2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov 2005-09 American Community Survey: 

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

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Per capita 

Yes 

Source: 

income 2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov 

2005-09 American Community Survey: 

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

Median 

Yes 

Source: 

income per 2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov 

household 2005-09 American Community Survey: and http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ community Alaska Community information Summaries – “Economy” sectio

estimates are republished from American Community Survey (22009): http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_CIS.h

Number of 

Yes 

Source: 

people who 2000 US Census: http://www.census.gov live below the 2005-09 American Community Survey: poverty line http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ 

Alaska Community information Summaries – “Economy” sectio

estimates are republished from American Community Survey (22009): http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_CIS.h

Tourism Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles Database : 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

USFWS: http://www.fws.gov DCCED: http://www.dced.state.ak.us/ Alaska Tourism Industry Association – map of tourist locations 

Alaska by region: http://www.travelalaska.com/Destinations 

Alaska travel destinations: http://www.alaskatravel.com/alaska/ Convention and Visitors Bureaus Federal air traffic: http://www.faa.gov State of Alaska Visitors Statistics Program: 

http://www.dced.state.ak.us/ded/dev/toubus/research.htm 

Alaska Office of Tourism Development, Research; Alaska Visit

Volume and Profile reports (2006 is most recent): http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/ded/dev/toubus/research.htm 

Economic Impact of Alaska’s Visitor Industry from Alaska Offi

Tourism Development (Mar 2010) –, 2009 data: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/ded/dev/pub/Visitor_Industry_cts_3_30.pdf 

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Local tourism No data source known. 

Out of state tourism No data source known. 

Cruise ships Source: 

Cruise lines with cruises in Alaska; check individual cruise lines 

tours for ports of call: http://www.alaskacruises.com/cruiselines/cruise-lines.html 

DCRA Community Profiles Database – see General Overview o

Economy/Income sections for info on # of visitors from cruise shttp://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Economic Impact of Alaska’s Visitor Industry (Mar 2010) – con

data on cruise ship economic impacts, revenue, etc.: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/ded/dev/pub/Visitor_Industry_cts_3_30.pdf 

Number of hotels DCRA Community Profiles Database – select “Facilities, Utiliti

Services” and Visitor Accommodations/Information: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Air taxi service Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Processing plant tours No data source known. 

Nonconsumptive 

use Tourism 

Source: DCRA Community Profiles Database – select “Facilities, Utiliti

Services” and Visitor Accommodations/Information for list of vattractions – non-consumptive tourism activities may be listed: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Fishing See above for non-consumptive use tourism Birding See above for non-consumptive use tourism Fish watching See above for non-consumptive use tourism 

Bear viewing See above for non-consumptive use tourism 

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Energy Source: 

DEC: http://www.dec.state.ak.us/ Alaska Energy Authority: Alaska Energy Report: 

http://www.akenergyauthority.org/PDF%20files/AK%20Energyinal.pdf 

Department of Energy: http://www.doe.gov Alaska Village Electric Corporation: http://www.avec.org/ Regulatory Commission of Alaska: 

http://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/home.aspx 

ANTHC: http://anthctoday.org/ 

Energy usage by type Source: 

DCRA community profiles: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Fuel (diesel, gas, Source: 

electricity, etc) 2011 DCRA fuel prices across Alaska report: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/pub/Fuel_Report_Jan_20

National Fishermen Magazine (marine fuel sales): 

http://www.nationalfisherman.com/ 

Renewable energy: Source: 

wind, geothermal, Renewable Energy Alaska Project– interest group supporting 

hydro, tidal, and the development of renewable energy sources in Alaska: list of cominitiative for and pending/planned/considered projects by project type and locrenewable energy (not necessarily community): 

http://alaskarenewableenergy.org/alaskas-resources/projects-inalaska/ 

2009 Renewable Energy Atlas of Alaska; overview of existing e

infrastructure, potential sources of renewable energy; data in map/graphical format and narrative and generally organized by resource type rather than geography: http://alaskarenewableenergy.org/wpcontent/uploads/2009/04/energy-atlas-2009-final.pdf 

Alaska Energy Authority: Alaska Energy Report – potential for 

renewable energy projects by community: http://www.akenergyauthority.org/PDF%20files/AK%20Energyinal.pdf 

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Prices for oil, diesel, Source: 

electricity, groceries, UAA/UAF cost of living index 

postage, freight, UAF Cooperative Extension Service monthly food cost survey: supplies for fishing. http://www.uaf.edu/ces/fcs/ How each get to 2011 DCRA fuel prices across Alaska report: 

community http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/pub/Fuel_Report_Jan_20

Infrastructure Source: 

Alaska Community Survey DCRA Capital Projects Database: descriptions, funding levels, a

status information of capital projects, by Alaska community; infgathered from state and federal funding agencies; data limitationsome agencies do not furnish data, only capital projects relating infrastructure, public facilities, or publicly owned equipment arinvolved if cost > $10,000; data is available for download in Exchttp://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_RAPIDS.htm 

Denali Commission projects (projects should be included in DCR

database, but this site provides more detail on progress of projecfunded by this agency): http://www.denali.gov/dcpdb/index.cfm?nossl=true&fuseActioncators.ShowProjectMapLink 

Importance of 

infrastructure to fisheries 

No data source known. 

Presence of a 

dam, fuel, electric, ice (and who offers it), public utilities 

No data source known. 

Growth 

potential of the community 

No data source known. 

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Portage 

quality 

Description of the 

port (e.g., depth, ice coverage) 

No data source known. 

Connectivity 

and transportation 

Source: DCRA Community Profiles – select general overview – 

transportation: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

DCRA Community Profiles – select facilities/utilities/services – 

communications: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Alaska Department of Transportation: http://www.dot.state.ak.uFederal Aviation Administration (FAA): http://www.faa.gov Bering Air: http://www.beringair.com/ Era: http://www.flyera.com/ Sealand: http://www.sealand.com Samson: http://samsontug.com/ Alaska Airlines: http://www.alaskaair.com Northern Air Cargo: http://northernaircargo.com Carlisle: http://www.carlislecarrier.com/ Alaska Aerospace Corporation: http://akaerospace.com/ Horizon Lines: http://beta.horizonlines.com/ 

Air lift capacity Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – select general overview – 

transportation. May indicate if airport accommodates cargo fligh

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Wikipedia page on airlines in Alaska with cargo service: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airlines_in_Alaska#Cargo_ce 

Plane access Yes Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – select general overview – 

transportation: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Wikipedia pages: airlines in Alaska 

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Airlines_in_Alaska), list airlines in Alaska (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airlines_in_Alaska ; these sources may not be complete) 

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Sources 

Number of flights Source: 

seasonally and cost DCRA Community Profiles – select general overview – 

transportation: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

See websites for airlines listed in sources above Bureau of Transportation Statistics – average domestic airline 

itinerary fares by origin city: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/AverageFare/ 

Ferry service and cost Yes Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – select general overview – 

transportation: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Alaska marine highway system map and list of cities/communiti

served: http://www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/maps/community_map.

AMHS fares through September 2011; PDF format: 

http://www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/fare_tables.shtml 

See also inter-island transportation. 

Road access and ice 

road 

Yes Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – select general overview – 

transportation: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Indian Reservation Roads Progra

http://www.bia.gov/WhoWeAre/BIA/OIS/Transportation/ 

Railroad Source: 

Alaska Railroad Corporation routes map: 

http://www.alaskarailroad.com/corporate/Corporate/FreightServRoutesMap/tabid/392/Default.aspx 

Snow machine Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – select general overview – 

transportation: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Boat Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – select general overview – 

transportation: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

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Barge lines Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – select general overview – 

transportation. May mention if community is served by a barge http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Barge lines serving Alaska communities include: Samson 

(http://www.samsontug.com/index.html), Alaska Marine Lines (http://www.aml.lynden.com/), Northland (http://northlandservicesinc.com/Default.aspx), Boyer (http://www.boyertowing.com/index.htm)

 CN AquaTrain: http://www.cn.ca/en/shipping-north-america-ala

aquatrain-cnworldwide.htm 

Sealand: http://www.sealand.com Samson: http://samsontug.com/ Yellow pages listing of Alaska barge lines & terminals: 

http://www.magicyellow.com/category/Barge_Lines_and_Term

State_AK.html 

Radio Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – select facilities, utilities, services – 

communications: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Wikipedia list of FCC-licensed radio stations in Alaska: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Alaska 

original data also available from FCC website: AM stations 

(http://www.fcc.gov/fccbin/amq?state=AK&call=&arn=&city=&freq=530&fre2=1700&=0&facid=&class=&list=1&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NSdlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9); FM stations (http://www.fcc.gov/fccbin/fmq?state=AK&call=&city=&arn=&serv=&vac=&freq=0.0=107.9&facid=&class=&dkt=&list=1&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9). Note thaWikipedia and FCC websites show radio stations by city of licen

Radio-locator can be used to identify radio stations within range 

city: http://www.radio-locator.com/cgibin/finder?sr=Y&s=T&state=AK 

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Television Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – select facilities, utilities, services – 

communications: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Wikipedia list of TV stations in Alaska 

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Alaoriginal data also available from FCC website (http://www.fcc.gov/fccbin/tvq?state=AK&call=&arn=&city=&chan=&cha2=69&serv=e=0&facid=&list=1&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&dlon2=&m=&slon2=&size=9). Shows stations by city of license 

Alaska Rural Communication Service – statewide network of low

powered TV stations serving 235 remote communities: http://www.arcstv.org/ 

Broadband internet Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – select facilities, utilities, services – 

communications: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

National Broadband Map: search by community name to retrieve 

summary of broadband internet providers and connectivity information; data up to date as of June 2010: http://www.broadbandmap.gov/ 

Connect Alaska – maps of broadband coverage, by borough and 

Census area; data in map format: http://www.connectak.org/ 

Phone or satellite 

phone 

Source: DCRA Community Profiles – select facilities, utilities, services – 

communications: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Nearness to Yes Source: 

Anchorage or the Alaska distance calculator: 

major community http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/US_Distance_Calculato

state=AK 

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profiles 

Sources 

Inter-island Source: 

transportation DCRA Community Profiles – transportation: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Inter-Island Ferry Authority – route info – serves Prince of Wale

Island communities: http://www.interislandferry.com/route.html 

Alaska marine highway system map and list of cities/communiti

served: http://www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/maps/community_map.

Potential over-thepole route No data source known. 

Facilities Post office Source: 

USPS, Alaska post office directory: 

http://usps.whitepages.com/post_office/ak?all=1 

Landfill Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – select “Facilities, Utilities and 

Services” section: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Water Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – select “Facilities, Utilities and 

Services” section: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Store Source: 

Alaska Native Industries Cooperative Association (ANICA): 

http://anicainc.com/ 

Laundromat Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – select “Facilities, Utilities and 

Services” section, “Washeteria operator” – indicates if there are private, city, or village operators: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Laundromat directory: 

http://www.laundromatfinder.com/listings/Alaska.htm - not cleaoften this is updated 

Bank/ATM Source: 

2011 Alaska directory of banks and financial institutions – branc

for state and national banks: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/bsc/pub/Directory%20March%11.pdf 

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Sources 

Bars Source: 

Alaska Alcoholic Beverage Control –licenses, can be sorted by c

http://www.dps.state.ak.us/abc/resources.aspx 

Alaska Alcoholic Beverage Control, dry/damp communities: 

http://www.dps.state.ak.us/abc/restrictions.aspx 

Churches Source: 

IRS 501c3 directory – could search for organizations with “chur

“temple”, “congregation”, etc. in the name 

Various church directories: http://www.churchangel.com/alaska

http://www.usachurches.org/church-in-ak.htm 

Casino Source: 

Casino directories: http://www.alaskacasinos.com/akcasinos.php http://www.worldcasinodirectory.com/alaska DCRA Community Profiles – bingo facilities (select facilities, u

and services): http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Emergency services: 

EMT, fire, ambulance, hospital

 Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – see Facilities / Health care and 

Fire/Rescue: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Emergency Medical Service – regional directories: 

http://www.ems.alaska.gov/EMS/EMS_directory.htm 

Medical Source: 

services DCRA Community Profiles – see Facilities / Health care: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

BIA Indian Reservation Roads Program: http:// 

www.bia.gov/WhoWeAre/BIA/OIS/Transportation 

ANTHC: http://www.anthctoday.com Norton Sound Health Corporation 

Cost of travel to 

nearest hospital 

No data source known. 

What is provided? Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles – see Facilities / Health care: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Number of doctors Not readily available. 

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Law State troopers Source: 

enforcement DCRA Community Profiles– see Facilities / Local Services & 

Facilities / Police: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Alaska state trooper detachments/post locations: 

http://www.dps.state.ak.us/ast/detachments.aspx 

Fisheries enforcement Source: 

Alaska Wildlife Troopers detachments – headquarter locations a

regions covered: http://www.dps.state.ak.us/awt/detachments.as

Village Public Safety 

Officer

 Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles– see Facilities / Local Services & 

Facilities / Police: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Immigration and Source: 

Customs Office Customs and border patrol Alaska ports of entry: 

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/ports/ak/ 

US Citizenship and Immigration Services – Alaska field office i

Anchorage: https://egov.uscis.gov/crisgwi/go?action=offices.summary&Offcator.office_type=LO&OfficeLocator.statecode=AK 

National Marine 

Fisheries Service

 Source: 

NMFS Office of Law Enforcement Alaska region: 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/contacts.html 

New Projects: new Source: 

facilities, warehouse, roads, Alaska Community Survey future energy plants, DCRA Capital Projects Database: descriptions, funding levels, adevelopment harbors, offshore status information of capital projects, by Alaska community; inf

plans, and drilling, gas pipeline, gathered from state and federal funding agencies; data limitation

maintenance regional port 

facilities plans, mining developments, regional postal hubs, marine improvement projects

some agencies do not furnish data, only capital projects relating infrastructure, public facilities, or publicly owned equipment are involved if cost > $10,000; data is available for download in Exchttp://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_RAPIDS.htm 

Office of the Governor: http://gov.state.ak.us/ Army Corps of Engineers: http://www.acoe.gov Coastal districts: http://dnr.alaska.gov/coastal/acmp/ 

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Fisheries Processor # Distinct ITO Source: 

infrastructure plants processor codes ADF&G Intent to Operate file – 2011 available at 

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/license/fishing/pdfs/2011ito_fry.pdf. Note that ITOs may not have actually operated (check ageLandings and/or COAR database) 

DEC issued seafood processing permits: 

http://dec.alaska.gov/eh/fss/seafood/seafoodpermits.htm 

Processors’ websites Pacific Seafood Processors Association: www.pspa.org CFEC permit database (select yearly CSV for data download); 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm 

ADF&G Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR) Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov 

Processors listed Yes No data source known. 

# residents working 

in processing plant 

Source: None known 

Species processed Yes Source: 

eLandings: http://elandings.alaska.gov/ 

Processing capacity, 

including shellfish 

Source: None known 

Processor 

infrastructure 

Source: None known 

Size of processor 

(small, medium, or large) 

Source: None known 

Shore based/direct 

markets 

Source: ADF&G Intent to Operate file – 2011 available at 

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/license/fishing/pdfs/2011ito_fry.pdf. Note that ITOs may not have actually operated (check ageLandings and/or COAR database), 

DEC issued seafood processing permits: 

http://dec.alaska.gov/eh/fss/seafood/seafoodpermits.htm 

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Sources 

Retained, net pounds 

landed in community overall and broken out by species 

Yes Source: 

eLandings: http://elandings.alaska.gov/ 

Ex-vessel value of 

landings landed in community

 Source: 

CFEC permit database (select yearly CSV for data download); 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm 

Wholesale value of 

landings landed in community 

Source: CFEC permit database (select yearly CSV for data download); 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm 

Fresh and frozen Source: 

product COAR production data – subject to Alaska confidential reporting 

rules: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishlicense.c

DEC issued seafood processing permits: 

http://dec.alaska.gov/eh/fss/seafood/seafoodpermits.htm 

Value added 

processing 

No data source known. 

Closest Source: 

service hub Alaska Community Survey 

Association of Harbormasters and Port Administrators: 

http://www.alaskaharbors.org/ 

Closest dry 

dock facility 

Source: Alaska Community Survey 

Harbors and Feet of dock space, Source: 

docking max vessel length, Alaska community survey space regulated vessels 

allowed

DCRA community profiles: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Availability 

of fisheries support services 

Source: Alaska Community Survey 

Governance Source: 

DCRA Alaska Municipal League: http://www.akml.org 

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Sources 

Types of 

taxes imposed by the City and Borough

Yes Source: 

DCRA community profiles: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Cross culture 

communication 

No data source known. 

Number and 

type of government and resource management jobs 

Source: ALARI - 2009 data on number and % of workers employed by 

and local government; no data on resource management jobs: http://labor.alaska.gov/research/alari/ 

Sustainability 

of fisheries 

No data source known. 

Local 

fisheries management regime 

No data source known. 

Community 

finances 

Source: Community Development Resources directory (Oct 2010): 

http://www.commerce.alaska.gov/dca/cdr2010/CDR.htm 

DCRA Community Funding database (last updated 7/2010) – so

the funding sources appear to be out of date: http://www.commerce.alaska.gov/dca/commdb/CF_Grants.htm 

Division of Investments (DCCED): 

http://www.dced.state.ak.us/ded/fin/index.cfml 

U.S. Department of Agriculture: http://www.usda.gov Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium: http://anthctoday.org/ Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank (CFAB): 

http://cfabalaska.com/ 

Alaska Community Survey 

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profiles 

Sources 

State tax rates and 

revenue

 Source: 

Alaska Division of Community and Regional Affairs (DCRA): 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/ 

Alaska shared taxes reports (2010 is most recent) – revenue from 

selected state taxes are shared with municipalities: http://www.tax.alaska.gov/programs/sourcebook/index.aspx 

Alaska Tax Division Annual reports (statewide data only): http://www.tax.alaska.gov/programs/sourcebook/index.aspx 

Local and borough Source: 

tax rates and revenue Alaska Department of Labor local and regional info – republishe

Office of State Assessor municipal taxation data (2009 is most ryear available): http://labor.alaska.gov/research/alari/ 

2010 Alaska Taxable: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/pub/10Taxable.pdf 

Loans Source: 

NOAA fisheries loan program; 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mb/financial_services/ffp.htm 

Grants Source: 

Alaska Department of Economics: http://www.dced.state.ak.us/ EPA: http://www.epa.gov DCRA-administered grants: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/grt/allgrants.htm 

DCRA community funding database – selected grants, note that 

data appears to be out of date: http://www.dced.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_Grants.htm 

Revenue sharing Data for selected revenue sharing programs available by Commu

Source: Municipal budgets DCRA summary of state revenue sharing programs: 

http://www.dced.state.ak.us/dca/srs.htm 

DCRA Community Revenue Sharing and Payment in Lieu of Ta

program – FY2010-2012 payments by community: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/direct_payments.htm 

DCRA community funding database – note that this appears to b

of date for many grants/revenue sharing programs: http://www.dced.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_Grants.htm 

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profiles 

Sources 

Private investments No data source known. 

Dependence on state Source: 

tax revenue Alaska Taxable: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/osa_summary.cfm 

Alaska Department of Revenue – Shared Taxes reports: 

http://www.tax.alaska.gov/programs/sourcebook/index.aspx 

Cooperative 

management 

No data source known. 

Bureaucracy No data source known. 

City and Type of city (i.e. Yes Source: 

borough Home Rule city), DCRA Community Profiles – information in General Overview 

government incorporation data, 

type of city government (i.e. Manager form of government) and what this include, name of borough 

Municipal/Officials: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Private 

governance 

No data source known. 

Federal 

government 

National Wildlife 

Refuge

 Source: 

USFWS – National Wildlife Refuges – can search by state or zip 

code: http://www.fws.gov/refuges/ 

National parks Source: 

Alaska National Parks 

(http://www.nps.gov/state/ak/list.htm?program=parks), map (http://www.nps.gov/state/ak/index.htm?program=parks) 

State 

government 

DNR Source: 

DNR office locations: 

http://dnr.alaska.gov/commis/pic/dnrdirectory.htm 

DCCED Source: 

DCCED: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/bsc/home.htm 

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profiles 

Sources 

ADFG Source: 

ADF&G Office Locations: 

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=contacts.main 

Social services Source: 

Alaska Community Survey State of Alaska Website: http://www.hss.state.ak.us/ 

Child services Source: 

Office of Children’s Services: office locations 

(http://hss.state.ak.us/ocs/Offices/default.htm), statistics on child protection activities by region (http://hss.state.ak.us/ocs/Statistics/default.htm) 

Tribal Relationship with No community-level information readily available. 

government other government: 

management and tribal consultation, BIA recognized traditional council 

Source: DCRA Community Profiles: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_CIS.htm 

SeaAlaska: http://www.sealaska.com/page/home BIA tribal leaders directory: 

http://www.bia.gov/WhoWeAre/BIA/OIS/TribalGovernmentSerTribalDirectory/index.htm 

Native 

Yes 

Source: 

Corporations: Index of regional and village corporations: 

regional http://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/trails/17b/corpindex.cfm 

corporation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Native_Regional_Corporati

and village Alaska_Native_Regional_Corporations 

corporations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Native_Regional_Corporati

Alaska_Native_Village_Corporations 

Websites are available for all regional corporations and limited v

corporations. See corporation websites and their economic survedescriptions of services provided. 

DCRA Community Profiles: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_CIS.htm 

Economic and social 

importance 

No data source known. 

Health care and social 

services provided 

No data source known. 

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Sources 

Closest 

Yes 

Source: 

NMFS NOAA Alaska Region: 

facility https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/contactinfo.htm 

Closest 

Yes 

Source: 

ADFG office ADFG main website: 

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=contacts.main 

Closest 

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration office

Yes Source: 

BCI website: 

https://egov.uscis.gov/crisgwi/go?action=offices.summary&Offcator.office_type=LO&OfficeLocator.statecode=Alaska 

Educational Source: 

opportunities http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/us/26alaska.html - article o

Alaska rural schools closing due to falling population/low enroll

Alaska Department of Education and Early Development – scho

district map: http://www.eed.state.ak.us/DOE_Rolodex/DistrictProfiles2000/DctProfilesSearch.cfm 

Alaska Department of Education, School district offices, U.S. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, National Center for Education Statistics 

Schools Number of teachers Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles– select “Schools”: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Number of classified 

employees 

No data source known. 

Number of students Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles– select “Schools”: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

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profiles 

Sources 

Percent of students 

that are ESL (English as a second language) 

Data available only by public school district, not by Community 

National Center for Education Statistics has counts of ELL studeby public school district only – NCES public school district searhttp://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/ 

Number and type of 

schools 

 Source: 

DCRA Community Profiles– select “Schools”: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Quality of 

education 

No data source known. 

Youth 

activities 

No data source known. 

Resource 

education 

No data source known. 

State funding No data source known. 

Community 

college 

Source: Department of Education accredited colleges/universities in Alas

http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=Alaska 

Vocational 

school 

Source: Alaska Regional Training Centers: 

http://labor.alaska.gov/awib/cte_programs.htm 

Alaska Construction Academies: http://www.alaskaca.org/ Alaska Career & Technical Education: 

http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/cte/ 

Boarding 

school 

Source: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, altern

schooling options; includes list of boarding schools and directorcharter and correspondence/homeschooling schools in PDF formhttp://www.eed.state.ak.us/Alaskan_Schools/schooloptions.html 

Regional 

school 

No data source known. 

Distance 

education 

No data source known. 

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profiles 

Sources 

University Source: 

campuses Department of Education accredited colleges/universities in Ala

http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=Alaska 

UAF website – see campuses: http://www.uaf.edu/ UAF fisheries and ocean sciences research centers and projects: 

http://www.uaf.edu/uaf/research/centers/ 

UAS campuses: http://www.uas.alaska.edu/ UAA campuses: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/campuses/ 

Seafood Source: 

processing Kodiak Fisheries Training Center: training http://www.kodiakak.us/index.aspx?NID=109 facility 

Alaska Source: 

Seagrant Alaska Sea Grant website: http://seagrant.uaf.edu/map/ Marine Advisory Program 

Organizations Alaska Fisheries Source: 

and groups Development http://www.afdf.org/ involved in Foundation Summary of post-secondary fisheries education and training education resources: http://www.labor.state.ak.us/esd_alaska_jobs/college

Watershed councils: 

Yukon Intertribal Watershed Council, Kuskokwim Intertribal Watershed Council

 Source: 

Takshanuk Watershed Council: http://takshanuk.org/ Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council: http://www.yritwcSoutheast Alaska Watershed Councils: 

http://alaskawatershedcoalition.org/?page_id=62 

Whittier Watershed Council: http://www.whittierwatershed.org/ Kuskokwim Watershed Council: http://www.kuskokwimcouncil

Indian General 

Assistance Program 

Source: http://www.epa.gov/aieo/gap.htm 

ADFG fisheries Source: 

advisory committees ADFG Advisory Committees 

(http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=process.advisory)including ACs by region (http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=process.acregion) 

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profiles 

Sources 

Subsistence Halibut 

Working Group

 Source: 

No website available, 2009 summary of working group activities 

available at http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/tc/ 

Alaska Marine Source: 

Careers Fisheries http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/future/about/index.html Coalition: Young Fishermen Summit 

CDQ and Source: 

CQE DCRA Community Profiles– select “Schools”: 

programs http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

Alaska Local and Regional Information (ALARI) survey: 

http://labor.alaska.gov/research/alari/ 

Western Alaska CDQ Program (WACDA): http://www.wacda.oAdak Community Development Corporation APICDA: http://www.apicda.com/ BBEDC: http://www.bbedc.com/ CBSFA: http://www.cbsfa.com/ CVRF: http://www.coastalvillages.org/ NSEDC: http://www.nsedc.com/ YDFDA: http://www.ydfda.org/ 

Community 

level 

Funds received from 

CDQ

 Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Participation in CDQ 

and CQE 

 Source: 

General info on CDQ; http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/cdq/defaulGeneral info on CQE program; 

http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/ram/cqp.htm 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/cdq/cdq_maptoprint.pdf CQE entities; http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/ram/daily/cqenamescon

en-us.pdf 

CDQ annual reports: http://www.wacda.org CQE annual reports (info available at: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/bsc/CDQ/cqe/reporting_cqe.h

Sponsored research Source: 

CDQ annual reports: http://www.wacda.org CQE annual reports (info available at: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/bsc/CDQ/cqe/reporting_cqe.h

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profiles 

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Scholarships Source: 

CDQ annual reports: http://www.wacda.org CQE annual reports (info available at: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/bsc/CDQ/cqe/reporting_cqe.h

Jobs provided Source: 

CDQ annual reports: http://www.wacda.org CQE annual reports (info available at: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/bsc/CDQ/cqe/reporting_cqe.h

Expenditures Source: 

CDQ annual reports: http://www.wacda.org CQE annual reports (info available at: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/bsc/CDQ/cqe/reporting_cqe.h

Number of people 

involved in CDQ or CQE program 

Source: CDQ annual reports (http://www.wacda.org) and CQE annual re

(http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/bsc/CDQ/cqe/reporting_cqe.h

Linkages between Source: 

community and CDQ annual reports: http://www.wacda.org CDQ/CQE fishing CQE annual reports (info available at: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/bsc/CDQ/cqe/reporting_cqe.h

Who benefits Source: 

CDQ annual reports: http://www.wacda.org CQE annual reports (info available at: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/bsc/CDQ/cqe/reporting_cqe.h

Indicate how 

CDQ/CQE program is going

 Source: 

IFQ holdings by residents of CQE communities; http://www.fak

noaa.gov/ram/reports/ifq_community_holdings_95-09.pdf 

CDQ annual reports: http://www.wacda.org CQE annual reports (info available at: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/bsc/CDQ/cqe/reporting_cqe.h

Number of CDQ Yes Source: 

permits CFEC permit database (select yearly CSV for data download); 

http://www.cfec.state.ak.us/plook/ 

NMFS Restricted Access Management - permits; 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm 

ADFG: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov International Pacific Halibut Commission (halibut permits are 

distributed by NMFS): http://www.iphc.washington.edu/ 

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Fisheries Source: 

involvement ADFG: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov

 DCRA Community Profiles– select “Schools”: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

National Parks Service: http://www.nps.gov North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC): 

http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/ 

Alaska Groundfish Databank: http://www.groundfishforum.org National Fishermen Magazine: http://www.nationalfisherman.coHarbormasters Alaska Community Survey

Fisheries 

revenue 

Raw Fish Tax Source: 

Alaska Taxable: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/osa_summary.cfm 

Shared Fisheries 

Business Tax

 Source: 

Alaska Taxable: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/osa_summary.cfm 

Fisheries Resource 

Landing Tax 

 Source: 

Alaska Taxable: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/osa_summary.cfm 

State Revenue 

Sharing

 Source: 

Alaska Taxable: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/osa_summary.cfm 

Community Revenue 

Sharing

 Source: 

Alaska Taxable: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/osa_summary.cfm 

Fuel Transfer Tax

 Source: 

Alaska Taxable: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/osa_summary.cfm 

Extraterritorial Fish 

Tax

 Source: 

Alaska Taxable: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/osa_summary.cfm 

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Bulk Fuel Transfers

 Source: 

Alaska Taxable: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/osa_summary.cfm 

Boat Hauls Revenue

 Source: 

Alaska Taxable: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/osa_summary.cfm 

Harbor Revenue

 Source: 

Alaska Taxable: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/osa_summary.cfm 

Port-Dock 

Revenue/Expenditure

 Source: 

Alaska Taxable: 

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/osa_summary.cfm 

Alaska Community Survey 

Presence of local 

fishing related fee program

 Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Fishing gear storage 

on public/tribal land

 Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Tax on marine fuel 

sales

 Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Public services 

funded by fisheries related revenue

 Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Grants received for 

fisheries related projects

 Source: 

DCRA community funding database – note that this appears to b

of date for many grants/revenue sharing programs: http://www.dced.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_Grants.htm 

Salmon disaster funds Yes Source: 

NMFS: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/sf3/disaster.htm 

Steller Sea Lion 

Mitigation funds 

Yes Source: 

NMFS: http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/sustainablefisheries/sslpm

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History and 

evolution of fisheries, fleets, buyers, and tenders 

Average number of 

fishermen per vessel 

Data not available by Community. Source: Crew size reporting exists in eLandings for selected fisheries on

http://elandings.alaska.gov 

Alaska Department of Labor has a crew factor methodology to 

estimate average number of crew for each permit. 

Diversity of the fleet Source: 

CFEC permit database (select yearly CSV for data download); 

http://www.cfec.state.ak.us/plook/ 

NMFS Restricted Access Management - permits; 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm 

No. of fishermen 

participate in which type of fishery across the state, region, and community 

No data source known. 

Fishing seasons Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Changes in types of 

boats in community

 Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

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Permits Source: 

CFEC permit database (select yearly CSV for data download); 

http://www.cfec.state.ak.us/plook/ 

NMFS Restricted Access Management - permits; 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm 

ADFG: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov International Pacific Halibut Commission (halibut permits are 

distributed by NMFS): http://www.iphc.washington.edu/ 

North Pacific Longliners Association: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pacific_Longliners_Associa

Age of permit holders No data source known. 

% involvement in 

fishery 

No data source known. 

Factors of why the 

permit was or was not fished 

No data source known. 

Number of permits 

compared to number of landings per vessel 

Source: Fish ticket data (Alaska Fisheries Information Network): 

http://www.akfin.org 

CFEC permit database (select yearly CSV for data download); 

http://www.cfec.state.ak.us/plook/ 

NMFS Restricted Access Management - permits; 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm 

Changes in permits 

(especially in the Bering Sea): quota sharing and selling and the change in number of vessels 

Source: CFEC permit database (select yearly CSV for data download); 

http://www.cfec.state.ak.us/plook/ 

NMFS Restricted Access Management - permits; 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm 

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Commercial 

fishing 

Source: ADFG: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov Alaska Department of Revenue - Fish Tax Department: 

http://www.tax.alaska.gov/programs/programs/index.aspx?6062

Federal fisheries log book program: 

http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/regs/summary.htm 

CFEC permit database (select yearly CSV for data download); 

http://www.cfec.state.ak.us/plook/ 

Fishing gear types 

used 

Yes Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Commercial species 

targeted 

Yes Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Size class of 

commercial fishing vessels using port

 Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Number of permits 

issued by fishery 

Yes Source: 

CFEC permit database (select yearly CSV for data download); 

http://www.cfec.state.ak.us/plook/ 

NMFS Restricted Access Management - permits; 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm 

International Pacific Halibut Commission (halibut permits are 

distributed by NMFS): http://www.iphc.washington.edu/ 

Note that some permits are issued to individuals (e.g., gear opera

permit holders), others to vessels (e.g., LLP permits). Need to determine how a permit would be assigned to an area. 

Number of distinct 

permit holders total and by species 

Yes Source: 

CFEC permit database (select yearly CSV for data download); 

http://www.cfec.state.ak.us/plook/ 

NMFS Restricted Access Management - permits; 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm 

International Pacific Halibut Commission (halibut permits are 

distributed by NMFS): http://www.iphc.washington.edu/ 

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Number of crew 

license holders 

Yes Source: 

CFEC permit database (select yearly CSV for data download); 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm 

NMFS Restricted Access Management - permits; 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm 

International Pacific Halibut Commission (halibut permits are 

distributed by NMFS): http://www.iphc.washington.edu/ 

ADF&G crew license data (available upon request) – data on sta

residence (but this may not be the same as where crew spends money); no data available on age. No data available on fisheries fished, relation to vessel or quota owner. 

ADF&G crewmember counts by license vendor location – 1991

Number of licenses purchased in a community, not the number olicensees with a mailing address/residence in the Community; http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/license/pdfs/crewmember1992010.pdf 

Retained, net pounds 

landed by members of community overall and broken out by species 

Yes Source: 

eLandings: http://elandings.alaska.gov 

Ex-vessel value of 

landings landed by members of community 

Yes Source: 

CFEC permit database (select yearly CSV for data download); 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm 

Income and wages of 

individual fisheries 

No data source known. 

Number of 

commercial vessels owned by community members 

Data generally available, but is not considered extremely accurat

since vessel owners can select anything as their homeport, independent of where the boat is actually homeported. 

Source: CFEC permit database (select yearly CSV for data download); 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm 

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Number of distinct 

vessel owners in community 

Yes Source: 

CFEC permit database (select yearly CSV for data download); 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm 

Number of 

commercial vessels delivering landings to community 

Yes Source: 

CFEC permit database (select yearly CSV for data download); 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm 

Changes in market Source: 

and prices Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute: http://www.alaskaseafood.o

Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association: 

http://www.bbrsda.com/ 

Seasonality of 

workers and jobs 

No data source known. 

Which vessels fish Unclear how this would be reported by community. 

which fisheries and multi-fishery vessels Source: 

ADF&G eLandings – subject to state confidentiality rules; do no

have info on participation in other region (e.g., West Coast fishehttp://elandings.alaska.gov 

Change in the spatial 

dynamic of commercial fishing 

No data source known. 

Structure and 

organization of fishing labor: age distribution of permit holders 

No data source known. 

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Crew numbers: total Unclear how this would be reported by community. 

number, where the Data on age is not readily available. 

crew is from, where the crew spends Source: money, which ADF&G crew license data (available upon request) – data on stafisheries the crew residence (but this may not be the same as where crew spends fishes, age, relation to money); no data available on age. No data available on fisheries the owner of the fished, relation to vessel or quota owner. vessel or quota ADF&G crewmember counts by license vendor location – 1991

Number of licenses purchased in a community, not the number olicensees with a mailing address/residence in the Community; http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/license/pdfs/crewmember1992010.pdf 

Harvest and landings 

distribution: where fished, where landed, number in relation to the rest of the country and state 

Unclear how this would be reported by community. Source: ADF&G eLandings data contains data on region/statistical area 

and port of landing, etc.; aggregated data is reportable but subjecconfidentiality rules: http://elandings.alaska.gov 

Weekly production reports (WPR) –subject to confidentiality: 

https://elandings.alaska.gov/confluence/display/doc/Daily+Prod+Reports 

Link between 

commercial and subsistence fishing: how commercial helps subsistence fishing 

No data source known. 

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Sources 

Subsistence Source: 

fishing Community Subsistence Information System (currently available 

public review draft) - CSIS is the repository of Alaska communiharvest information gathered by the Alaska Department of Fish Game, Division of Subsistence; http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sb/CSIS/index.cfm?ADFG=main.ho

USFWS - Federal Subsistence Management Program – Fisheries 

Resource Monitoring Program reports; http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/fis.cfml?fissel=5 and http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/about.cfml 

ADFG: subsistence fishing information by area; 

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingSubsistencea.main 

NMFS: subsistence halibut fishing information, including permi

community; http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/subsistence/halibut.htm 

Arctic Yukon Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon Initiative; 

http://www.aykssi.org/ 

Alaska Community Survey 

Whether subsistence Yes Source: 

is important to NOAA Resource Access and Management Division 

community members http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/subsistence/halibut.htm 

Community Subsistence Information System (currently available 

public review draft) - CSIS is the repository of Alaska communiharvest information gathered by the Alaska Department of Fish Game, Division of Subsistence; http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sb/CSIS/index.cfm?ADFG=main.ho

Most important Yes Source: 

marine resources Community Subsistence Information System (currently available 

public review draft) - CSIS is the repository of Alaska communiharvest information gathered by the Alaska Department of Fish Game, Division of Subsistence; http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sb/CSIS/index.cfm?ADFG=main.ho

NOAA Resource Access and Management Division 

http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/subsistence/halibut.htm 

Alaska Community Survey 

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Traditional gathering 

areas 

No data source known. 

Importance of a 

healthy lifestyle 

No data source known. 

Changes over time: 

local versus processor worker harvests 

No data source known. 

Fish camps: presence, 

how many people go to the camps, when they go 

No data source known. 

Pounds and/or 

number of subsistence harvest (halibut, salmon, marine mammals, marine inverts, nonsalmon fish, polar bears, sea otters, walrus, beluga) 

 Source: 

Overview of federally-managed subsistence species in Alaska: 

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=subsistence.federal 

Migratory birds subsistence hunting is federally managed by the 

Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council. Harvest survey2008 available at: http://alaska.fws.gov/ambcc/harvest.htm 

Number of valid 

SHARC holders – total and only those fished 

Yes Source: 

NOAA Resource Access and Management Division 

http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/subsistence/halibut.htm 

Total number of 

ADFG permits issued for subsistence harvest of salmon and those that were returned at end of season 

Yes Source: 

ADFG: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov 

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Per capita harvest in 

pounds of all subsistence resources, total and by species 

Yes Source: 

Community Subsistence Information System (currently available 

public review draft) - CSIS is the repository of Alaska communiharvest information gathered by the Alaska Department of Fish Game, Division of Subsistence; http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sb/CSIS/index.cfm?ADFG=main.ho

Percent of households 

that rely on subsistence, total and by species 

Yes Source: 

Community Subsistence Information System (currently available 

public review draft) - CSIS is the repository of Alaska communiharvest information gathered by the Alaska Department of Fish Game, Division of Subsistence; http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sb/CSIS/index.cfm?ADFG=main.ho

Hunting issues and 

needs 

No data source known. 

Sport fishing Source: 

Alaska Division of tourism popular fishing locations – popular l

and rivers for sport fishing, by region; http://www.travelalaska.com/Things%20To%20Do/Fishing/fishopular%20Locations.aspx 

Fishing lodges/camps directory; 

http://outdoorsdirectory.com/directory/lodgfish.htm 

ADF&G sport fishing information by management region; 

www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingSportByArea.mai

Types of recreational 

fishing 

 Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Recreational species 

targeted 

 Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Species caught by 

charter vessels

 Source: 

ADFG Creel survey: 

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishregulations.sfcr

Species caught by 

recreational fishermen

 Source: 

ADFG Creel survey: 

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishregulations.sfcr

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profiles 

Sources 

Total number of 

distinct sport fishing licenses sold in the community 

Yes Source: 

ADFG: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov 

Number of distinct 

sport fishing licenses sold to residents of community

 Source: 

ADFG: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov 

Number of distinct 

registered sport fishing guides residing in community

 Source: 

ADFG: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov 

Number of distinct 

registered sport fishing guide businesses in community 

Yes Source: 

ADFG: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov 

Moratoriums on sport 

fishing 

Data not readily available at community level. Unclear how broa

“moratorium” is defined here (e.g., in-season suspension of fishimulti-season moratoriums?) 

Source: International Pacific Halibut Commission charter halibut morato

and catch sharing plan – updates available here: http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/halibues/halibut.htm 

ADF&G sport fishing emergency orders from 2003-present: 

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingSportFishineonr 

Fisheries 

science and research projects done in the community 

Source: NPFMC Indigenous Peoples Council on Marine Mammals: 

http://ipcommalaska.org/index.html 

Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program: 

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wassip.main 

Alaska Community Survey 

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profiles 

Sources 

Bycatch research Data not readily available on communities. 

AFSC observer Source: 

program No data readily available for communities. 

Location of observer offices (Seattle, Anchorage); observer prov

http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/FMA/observer_providers.htm 

http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/FMA/obs_services.htm 

North Pacific 

Fisheries Management Council 

Data not readily available on communities. Source: http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/ 

Presence of NOAA 

ships 

No data source known. 

U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS) 

Data not readily available on communities. Source: http://alaska.fws.gov/ 

ADFG Descriptions of ADF&G commercial and subsistence fisheries 

research available by management region 

Source: ADF&G commercial fisheries research by region– select area, th

species and research tab; http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingcommerciala.main 

Other: ADFG scientific and technical reporting series can be sea

using community name; http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sf/publicati

Federal Subsistence 

Board 

Source: Research reports organized by region from the Fisheries Resourc

Monitoring Program: http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/fis.cfml?fissel=5 

In season and post 

season salmon surveys 

Data not readily available on communities. Source: ADFG: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov 

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profiles 

Sources 

Presence of a well Data not readily available on communities. 

organized fishing organization Source: 

United Fishermen of Alaska: http://ufa-fish.org/ 

Effects of hatcheries No data source known. 

Fishing equipment 

available for research: vessel size, gear type, comparisons between communities, subsistence baseline research, comprehensive research 

Source: Vessel brokers 

Presence of Note that there are PNP (private non-profit) salmon hatcheries to 

hatchery enhance commercial, sport and subsistence/personal use fisherie

well as sport fish hatcheries operated by ADF&G specifically to enhance sport fisheries. 

Source: ADFG: hatchery locations 

(http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingHatcheriesies.main; including closed hatcheries), ADF&G reports (http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingHatcheriesnfo.reports; Salmon Enhancement Program annual reports, McDreports on economic effects of PNP hatcheries) 

ADF&G hatchery locations; 

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingHatcheries.m

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingSportStocki

cheries.hatcheries 

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp.: http://www.pwsac.comSouthern Southeast Reg. Aquaculture Assoc.: http://www.ssraa.oNorthern Southeast Reg. Aquaculture Assoc.: http://nsraa.org/ Douglas Island Pink and Chum, Inc.: http://www.dipac.net/ Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association: http://www.ciaanet.org/ Kodiak Aquaculture Association: http://kraakodiak.org/ 

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in 2005 

profiles 

Sources 

Additional Fisheries NPFMC process: Source: 

Information management management actions, Alaska Community Survey 

Provided by actions effects on the 

Community applicable to 

the community 

community, commercial and subsistence management

Federally protected 

species

 Source: 

USFWS: http://www.fws.gov NMFS environmental and socio-economic analysis for Alaska re

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/index/analyses/analyses.asp

Impacts of past 

regulations

 Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Regulation with the 

most impacts

 Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Concern about future 

regulation impacts

 Source: 

Alaska Community Survey 

Challenges 

for fishing economy 

Source: Alaska Community Survey 

Local contact Yes Source: 

information DCRA Community Profiles: 

and website http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm 

links NOAA, NMFS, Alaska Sea Grant, tribes, Native corporations, D

ADFG, Tribal organizations, such as Kawerak, Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, Eskimo Walrus Commission, Alaska BelWhale Committee, Bering Strait Migratory Bird Council, tribal councils, Coast Guard, U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcemDEC, travel agencies, and airlines 

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Appendix 2: Draft 2010 AFSC Community Profile Outline. 

Note: The data categories to be included will be finalized once work on the revisions is started. 

* = Data not included in the 2005 Community Profiles 

People and Place 

	 Location: 

o Description of geographic location 

o Area in square miles 

o Year incorporated 

o Water coverage
 

 Demographic profile: 

o Population 

 Number of inhabitants 

 Average annual growth rate 

 Months with seasonal workers in town* 

 Months and reason for annual population peak* 

o Racial and ethnic composition 

 Racial composition – percentage by race of the population 

 Percent of population that recognize themselves as all or part Alaska 

Native or Native American 

 Ethnic composition – percent of population that are Hispanic or nonHispanic 

o Households in community 

 Number of households 

 Number of persons living in group quarters 

 % of housing units that are owner occupied, rentals or vacant 

o Age structure 

 Percent of population in each Census age bracket 

 Median age 

o Gender structure 

 Percent of males and females in population 

o Level of educational attainments 

 Percent of population over 25 years of age in each Census education 

category
 

 History
 

o Brief account of local history 

Natural resources and environment* 

	 Weather* 

o	 Sea ice seasonality* 

o Climate change effects* 

 Presence of commercial uses* 

o	 Mining* 

o	 Timber* 

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o Oil* 

o Gas*
 

 Hazards*
 

o Military base clean ups* 

o General environmental contamination remediation efforts* 

o Superfund sites* 

o Resources for disaster relief* 

Current Economy 

 General employment 

o Major employers/businesses in community 

o % employed: total population, of total pop over 16, by occupation 

o Unemployment rate
 

 Presence of subsistence harvesting 

 Per capita income 

 Median household income
 

 Percent below poverty level 

 Tourism* 

Governance 

 Form of city/borough government (type of city (i.e. Home Rule city), incorporation data, 

type of city government (i.e. Manager form of government) and what this include, name 

of borough) 

 Tribal government 

o Village council/tribal governments 

o Regional and village corporations 

o Non-profit regional native organizations 

 Community finances:*
 

o Revenue/expenditure* 

o State Revenue Sharing payments* 

o Community Revenue Sharing payments* 

o Local and borough tax rates* 

 Sales Tax revenue* 

 State government presence*
 

o DNR* 

o DCCED* 

o ADFG*
 

 Federal government*
 

o National wildlife refuges* 

o Closest NMFS facility* 

o Closest Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration office*
 

 Nearest government enforcement offices (NMFS, ADF&G, and ICE)
 

 Law enforcement
 

o Police/public security 

o State troopers* 

o Fisheries enforcement* 

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o Village public safety officer* 

o Immigration and customs office* 

o NMFS office* 

Infrastructure presence/absence 

 Connectivity and transportation 

o Air lift capacity* 

o Plane access* 

o Number of flights seasonally and cost 

o Ferry service and cost 

o Road access and ice roads 

o Railroad* 

o Snow machine* 

o Barge lines 

o Radio* 

o Television* 

o Broadband/internet* 

o Inter-island transportation* 

 Facilities 

o Post office* 

o Landfill* 

o Main electric supply 

o Water/sewer systems
 

 Medical services
 

o Emergency services: EMT, fire, ambulance, hospital* 

o Medical services provided* 

 Educational opportunities 

o Number and type of schools* 

o Number of teachers* 

o Number of students* 

o Community colleges* 

o Vocational schools* 

o University campuses* 

o Seafood processing training facility* 

o Alaska SeaGrant Marine Advisory Program agent* 

o Organizations and groups involved in education* 

 Fisheries-related infrastructure 

o Closest service hub* 

o Harbors and docking space* 

o Fisheries support services* 

Involvement in North Pacific Fisheries 

 History and evolution of fisheries, fleets, buyers, and tenders 

o Diversity of the fleet* 

o Fishing seasons* 

o Changes in types of boats in community* 

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 Processing plants 

o # Distinct ITO processor codes 

o # employees working in processing plant* 

o Species processed 

o Processing capacity, including shellfish* 

o Retained, net pounds landed in community overall and broken out by species 

o Ex-vessel value of landings landed in community* 

 Fisheries revenue 

o Fisheries related revenue/expenditure* 

 Boat Hauls Revenue* 

 Harbor Revenue * 

 Port-Dock Revenue * 

 Presence of local fishing related fee program* 

 Fishing gear storage on public/tribal land* 

 Harbor rental* 

o Tax rates and revenue/expenditure* 

 Shared Fisheries Business Tax* 

 Fisheries Resource Landing Tax* 

 Raw Fish Tax* 

 Fuel transfer tax* 

 Extraterritorial fish tax* 

 Bulk fuel transfers tax* 

o Public services funded by fisheries related revenue* 

o Grants received for fisheries related projects* 

 Dock/harbor/port/boat ramp construction, replacement, or updates* 

 Mooring facilities* 

 Stock assessments* 

 Stock rehabilitation* 

 Fisheries disaster funds 

 Salmon disaster funds 

 Steller Sea Lion Mitigation funds 

 Boat/harbor storage construction, replacement, or updates* 

 Salmon/fish marketing* 

 Processing plant construction, replacement, or updates* 

 Harbor dredging* 

 Harbor floats construction* 

 Boat haul out and lift facilities construction* 

 Barge dock construction* 

 Cold storage/ice availability* 

 Hatchery construction, replacement, and updates* 

 Fishing/processing equipment* 

 Commercial Fishing 

o Fishing gear types used 

o Size class of commercial fishing vessels using port* 

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o Total number of permits held by community members 

 Permits by species and whether fished 

 Number of distinct permit holders total and by species* 

o Crew license holders 

o Species targeted* 

o Landings 

 Vessels delivering landings to the community 

 Retained, net pounds landed by members of community overall and 

broken out by species 

 Ex-vessel value of landings (total and by species) landed by members of 

community
 

 Subsistence Fishing 

o Whether subsistence is important to community members 

o Most important marine resources* 

o Whether or not can apply for halibut certificates 

 Number of SHARC card holders* 

o Number of salmon permits issued to community members 

o Percent of households which used all resources, salmon, non-salmon fish, marine 

mammals, marine invertebrates 

o Harvest of salmon, non-salmon fish, marine mammals, marine invertebrates, birds & 

eggs, land mammals, and vegetation 

 Recreational Fishing 

o Types of recreational fishing in community* 

o Species targeted vs. caught* 

o Number of sport fishing licenses sold in the community to Alaska residents and out 

of area 

o Distinct sport fishing guides* 

o Sport fishing businesses in community
 

 Presence of a hatchery*
 

Additional Information 

	 Fisheries management actions affecting the community* 

o	 Federally protected species* 

o	 NPFMC process: management actions, effects on the community, commercial and 

subsistence management* 

o	 Impacts of past regulations* 

o	 Regulation with the most impacts* 

o Concern about future regulation impacts* 

 Challenges for fishing economy*
 

 Additional information provided by community
 

 Contact information for community
 

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