- Posted December 3, 2025
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According to a report commissioned by the City of Valdez, PWS Seine Fishery harvests and values fluctuate greatly.
In 2013 (the most recent available confirmed data), the local commercial fishing industry included 28 local resident active permit holders, 74 crew members, and 56 commercial fishing vessels homeported in Valdez. Many local boats are seiners that also participated in longline IFQ fisheries for black cod and halibut.
Twenty longline, pot, and jig boats homeport in Valdez in addition to three tenders and two other small support vessels. Numerous additional seiners that are homeported elsewhere deliver fish in Valdez.
The most recent assessment of