The mission of the Division of Commercial Fisheries is to manage, protect, rehabilitate, enhance, and develop fisheries and aquatic plant resources in the interest of the economy and general well-being of the state, consistent with the sustained yield principle and subject to allocations established through public regulatory processes.
Technical support is provided to the private sector mariculture and salmon ranching industries.
The division also plays a major role in the management of fisheries in the 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone and participates in international fisheries negotiations. All Rights Reserved.