Editing Cordova, Alaska (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Cordova Alaska salmon seine commercial fishing boats.jpg|thumb|Cordova Alaska salmon seine commercial fishing boats]]
[[File:CordovaHillside.jpg|thumb|350px|A view of the Cordova hillside from the boat harbor]]
[[Commercial fishing]] is the main industry in Cordova. Half of all households in Cordova have at least one person involved in commercial fishing or processing. The fishing fleet mainly fishes the Prince William Sound and Copper River Delta area. There are various fisheries in the area, the most economically important of which is the [[salmon]] fishery.

[[File:Cannery of the Carlisle Packing Co, Cordova, Alaska, August 1917 (COBB 106).jpeg|thumb|Carlisle Packing Co. cannery in Cordova, August 1917]]
All Pacific salmon species except for the [[cherry salmon]] are caught. Fishermen use either a [[purse seine]], drift [[gillnet]], or set gillnet to catch the fish. All fisheries are regulated by the [[Alaska Department of Fish and Game]]. The fisheries in Alaska have a [[Alaska salmon fishery#Limited Entry Act|limited entry permit system]]. The first fish processing plant near Cordova opened in 1887.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdfu.org/history.html|title=An Historical Narrative of Fishing in the Prince William Sound/ Copper River Area|publisher=Cordova District Fishermen United|access-date=April 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725151146/http://www.cdfu.org/history.html|archive-date=July 25, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2009 there were 159 purse seine, 511 drift gillnet, and 27 set gillnet permits fished in the Prince William Sound and Copper River Delta area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region2/finfish/salmon/pws/pwspos09.pdf|title=2009 Prince William Sound Salmon Season Summary|date=January 12, 2010|publisher=Alaska Department of Fish and Game|access-date=April 13, 2010}}</ref>