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Cannery workers take a break on the dock during the busiest part of the salmon season in Petersburg on Mitkof Island. Hundreds of seasonal employees--some students trying to earn some quick money.
Economists estimate the commercial seafood industry contributes $5.8 billion and 78,500 jobs to the Alaskan economy.
- Copyright
- MELISSA FARLOW
- Image Size
- 6000x4000 / 137.4MB
- Keywords
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alaska, alexander archipelago, boy, caucasian, caucasian ethnicity, color image, day, elementary age, ethnicity, families, four people, getty, girl, mature man, mitkof island, national forests (alaska), north america, number of people, one parent, outdoors, people, petersburg, petersburg (alaska), photography, poles, restaurants, resturants, signs, tongass national forest, united states
- Contained in galleries
- Tongass_National Geographic magazine_7/2007
