Downtown Juneau in Juneau Borough, Alaska — Northwest (North America)
Commercial Fishing
Southeast Alaska
| | Working Waterfront | |
Photographed by Thomas Smith, */10/25
1. Commercial Fishing Marker
"After a while, no matter where you work in the cycle, you can't get away from the fish. Catch a five minute rest on a heap of wet raingear, close your eyes, and you see fish. Fish tails, fish eyes, fish guts, fish you dream about fish you talk about fish, you wait for the fish, you load and unload fish, you sort fish, you gut fish, you smell like fish you dream about fish...."
From "For Love and Money" by Elizabeth Arnold, published in 'Alaska's Wild Salmon' Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 2002.
Most of the commercial fishing enterprises in Southeast Alaska are small Businesses. Often, the boats are owned by individuals or families. Boats average between 20' and 60' long with 1 to 15 people working on board.
The fishing industry throughout Alaska employs 54,00 people and over 50% of all seafood harvested in the United States is harvested in the waters off Alaska. From 2004-2008, an average 5.6 billion pounds of fish were harvested commercially each year in Alaska. Alaska fishermen earn 41.9 billion for their catch in 2009.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals
this page online
Location. 58° 17.792′ N, 134° 24.069′ W. Marker is in Juneau, Alaska, in Juneau Borough. It is in Downtown Juneau. It can be reached from South Franklin Street 0.1 miles south of Peoples Wharf, on the right when traveling south. The marker can be found at the Juneau Visitor Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 470 S Franklin St, Juneau AK 99801, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Alaska, in Tlingit and Haida & Tsimshian Region. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, the Inside Passage, the Pacific Rim, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Russian Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Shangukeidν Kootιeyaa (here, next to this marker); The History Around You (within shouting distance of this marker); Gold! (within shouting distance of this marker); A Capital in a Rainforest (within shouting distance
Photographed by Thomas Smith, August 10, 2025
2. Commercial Fishing Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 26, 2025, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 70 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 26, 2025, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
