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Yakutat, AlaskaWe're a community of 772 situated on the narrow strip of Alaska that connects the Southeast panhandle with the rest of the state. Salmon and other wildlife are the heart of Yakutat, supporting the community’s primary industries of commercial fishing, sport fishing, tourism, and hunting. Yakutat has 183 commercial fishing permit Up to 95% of the Yakutat District’s annual commercial coho harvest and more than half of the sockeye harvest can come from the Situk River due to its proximity to fish-processing facilities in the city of Yakutat, and the increasing costs of shipping fish from more remote rivers. The Situk is known internationally for its sport fishing opportunities, and over a third of all sport fishing activity on the Tongass National Forest takes place on the Situk. Approximately 5000 sport anglers fish the Situk and surrounding streams on an annual basis, with an average harvest of around 16,500 salmon. With no road connections to the rest of Alaska, Yakutat’s residents rely on subsistence fishing, hunting and food gathering to maintain healthy and affordable food supplies. In 2001, Yakutat residents harvested 6,726 The Yakutat ForelandsThe community of Yakutat is located where Yakutat Bay meets the Yakutat Forelands. The forelands are an island of biological productivity in a sea of the some of North America's tallest peaks and longest glaciers. Literally surrounded by the largest internationally protected ecosystem on the planet, the forelands are home to brown and black bears, wolves, moose, and all five species of wild Pacific salmon. Connected to the interior through the Tatsenshini-Alsek River corridor, the forelands' extensive bays and estuaries shelter a wide variety of resident and migratory birds, including a globally significant population of Aleutian terns, Kittlitz and marbled murrelets, and bald eagles. |
holders, and up to 40 sport fishing guide services. Commercial catches and sport fishing provide millions of dollars to Yakutat’s economy on an annual basis. 
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