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dc.contributor.authorGoldsmith, Scott
dc.contributor.authorHill, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorDugan, Darcy
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-13T19:28:47Z
dc.date.available2021-08-13T19:28:47Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/12179
dc.descriptionThis report is an update on an earlier analysis undertaken by ISER in 2000.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Kenai National Wildlife Refuge contributes to the borough economy primarily through the tourism and seafood industries. The refuge’s lakes, mountains and forests are home to abundant animals, birds, and fish. They provide sport fishing and hunting opportunities as well as a variety of non-consumptive activities such as hiking, rafting and bird watching. The refuge also contains breeding and rearing habitat for substantial salmon populations that support sport fishing both on and off the refuge as well as commercial fishing in Cook Inlet. Three changes in the significance and impact of the refuge emerge in comparing this report with ISER’s previous estimates published in The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge: Economic Importance (May, 2000). The most striking is the continued decline in the value of Cook Inlet commercial salmon fisheries. Harvest values since 2000 are among the lowest in the last 30 years. Increased competition keeps prices low enough that even years with good returns have low total harvest values. Employment generated by commercial fishing attributable to the refuge has declined by 40 percent and income by almost 70 percent.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUS Fish and Wildlife Serviceen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherInstitute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska.en_US
dc.subjecteconomic analysisen_US
dc.subjectKenai National Wildlife Refugeen_US
dc.subjectborough economyen_US
dc.subjecttourismen_US
dc.subjectseafooden_US
dc.subjectrecreationen_US
dc.subjectsport fishingen_US
dc.subjectcommercial fishingen_US
dc.subjectsalmonen_US
dc.subjectCook Inleten_US
dc.subjectemployment declineen_US
dc.subjectharvest declineen_US
dc.subjectupdateen_US
dc.titleThe Kenai National Wildlife Refuge: Economic Importance, 2004en_US
dc.typeReporten_US
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