Seafood and fishing jobs in Alaska
“Mission: The Seafood Unit is committed to Alaska hire, to providing seafood employers quality workers and to keeping pace with the seafood industry of the future.”
We are actively recruiting for seafood workers
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If you are interested in fast-paced, hard work, Alaska’s seafood industry may be the right place for you. Before you decide to get a job working onboard a fishing vessel or in a seafood processing plant, we recommend you take the time to learn more about what is involved in ‘fishing’ by visiting the links below:
Seafood Processing Employment Orientation Video
- Wage and Hour Facts for workers in the seafood industry (printable PDF)
- What Seafood Processors need to know
- Read about the Fishing and Seafood Industry in Alaska
- Learn more about Fishing Vessel jobs
- Explore Fisheries Careers and Training Resources
- Seafood Employer Recruiting
- Locate and visit a job center in your area
- Prospective seafood processing workers arriving in Alaska and residing in Alaska are encouraged get vaccinated for COVID-19 when applying for seafood processing jobs. Job applicants offered employment in the seafood processing industry will be subject to individual employer COVID-19 vaccine and safety policy requirements throughout the recruitment process and when employed.
COVID-19 Health and Safety Resources and for Critical Infrastructure Workforce
- State of Alaska Critical Infrastructure Guidance COVID-19
- COVID-19 Information - Alaska Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development
- CDC - Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers - Interim Guidance and OSHA
- CDC COVID-19 Worker Support
- State of Alaska COVID-Conscious Business Campaign Resources
- US Dept. of Labor OSHA Covid-19 Guidance
- US Dept. of Labor COVID-19 Resources
- CDC - How to Protect Yourself and Others (Some resources in Spanish)
- CDC - Covid-19 Workplace Guidance
- CDC - Households Living in Close Quarters Guidance
- CDC Covid-19 Social Media Toolkit (Spanish)
Seafood Employment Specialists: Our Seafood Specialists work closely with seafood employers and other organizations to assist in providing a ready and adequate labor pool for employers in the seafood industry in Alaska. Seafood Specialists actively network and communicate recruitment and training efforts with seafood employers in their community. The Anchorage Seafood Employment Office Supervisor Salvador "Sal" Solis is located at the Anchorage Job Center Midtown, at the crossroads of Alaska for movement of seafood processors to and from Bristol Bay, the Kenai Peninsula, Cordova, Valdez, the Aleutian Islands and other areas of Alaska. Anchorage Seafood Employment Office staff are a central resource for information on upcoming recruitments and to help provide the large numbers of quality, screened applicants for seafood employers.
Last updated: April 11, 2025
