NOAA releases 2014 fisheries report

In a report released Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says in 2014 commercial fishermen landed about 9.5 billion pounds of seafood in the United States, including 5.7 billion pounds here in Alaska.NOAA’s 2014 annual fisheries report is about 150 pages of fish numbers and data for the entire country. Scattered throughout are a couple of interesting facts.
For one? Imports and exports of seafood increased this year.
America imported almost $36 billion worth of fi