As you read through these pages, you will gain all the information you need to find a fishing job in Alaska. Nevertheless, before jumping into the nitty gritty of the employment search, we have addressed a few questions and concerns newcomers to the industry often have. By reading through this brief overview you'll get an idea of the topics covered in more detail in other sections and begin to feel more comfortable about your decision to find work in the Alaska fishing industry. This is a very important consideration.
Some people actually enjoy processing fish.
Both processing and harvesting involve hard, wet, cold work. Few people return from a summer of fisheries work without feeling a degree of relief that the ordeal is behind them. Jobs are available in summer, in winter, and year-round, depending on the fishery and the type of work. Countless workers spend their summers processing during the salmon peak, while others head north in winter for harvesting and processing groundfish. Still others work year-round, or ten months out of the year.