Pink and chum salmon. Photo credit: Scott Smiley.
About FITC
The mission of the UAF Fishery Industrial Technology Center is to increase the value of Alaska's fishing industry and marine resources through research, technological development, education and service.
Alaska's commercial fishing industry
Alaska accounts for more than 60% of the continental shelf area and more than half the shoreline of the entire United States. Alaska's share of wild fish harvested for human food is about 75% of the US total, worth upwards of $3.0 billion annually.
Created by the Alaska Legislature in 1981, Fish Tech works with the industry to develop new solutions to industry's problems. We direct our efforts in five areas: seafood harvesting technology, seafood processing technology, seafood quality and safety, contaminants, and collaborative ecosystems research.
Located in Kodiak, Alaska, at the center of Alaska's fishing industry, Fish Tech is housed in a 20,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility built on Near Island in 1991.
FITC Annual Report 2007-2008 (pdf format)