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Julie Decker, executive director of the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation, sees opportunities in the shorelines and beaches of the Aleutian coast.
You have lots of water, so you have lots of space. Relatively little population which means relatively little conflict, Decker said. The people that do live here are used to working on the water. There s North America s largest processing port. These are some pretty significant assets.
Oyster and kelp farms have been springing up in Alaska s coastal communities, from Southeast Alaska to the Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak Island, but there s only been one permit so far in the Aleutians.
With one port call left, Unalaska s cruise ship tourism plummets again
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With One Port Call Left, Unalaska s Cruise Ship Tourism Plummets For Second Year In A Row
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This summer is shaping up to be another quiet tourism season in Unalaska. While public health mandates and regulations loosen, things like reduced ferry service to the island, ongoing regulatory battles keeping large cruise ships out of port and lingering fears about the risks of COVID-19 will likely mean Unalaska s shores will remain mostly void of visitors for the second year in a row.
The ferry M/V Tustumena is scheduled for just five sailings to Unalaska, rather than its twice-monthly service that was the norm through 2019. And while Carlin Enlow, executive director of the Unalaska Visitors Bureau (UVB), said the island was expecting roughly 18 cruise ships this summer, the community will likely only see about four or five vessels.