Alaska commercial salmon fishery ex-vessel prices, 1984-2015

• Main Author: Alaska Department of Fish and Game
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity
• Subjects: salmon; ex-vessel value; commercial fisheries; Commercial Operators Annual Report; price per pound; Onorynchus gorbuscha; Onorynchus keta; Onorynchus kisutch; Onorynchus nerka; Onorynchus tshawytscha; gorbuscha; keta; kisutch; nerka; tshawytscha; Keta; Norton Sound; Sockeye; Yukon; Kodiak; Kuskokwim; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:dbd013eb-9660-41c1-a2ad-7bf55e6add77

Ex-vessel prices are post-season adjusted price per pound for the first purchase of a commercial harvest. Ex-vessel values are usually established by determining the average price for a species caught by specific gear in a specific area. Here, ex-vessel prices for all five species of salmon (pink, sockeye, chinook, chum, and coho) are included, spanning from 1984 to 2015. Data are included from all of Alaska and are presented annualy by region, including the following regions: Alaska Peninsula, Bristol Bay, Chignik, Cook Inlet, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Kuskokwim, Norton Sound, Prince William Sound, Southeast, and Yukon.