what is Alaska's top 5 industries?

Answer 1

One industry I haven't seen posted is Gold Mining. There is still a lot of that going on, both recreational and commercial.

http://www.akmining.com/mine/akgold.htm

Tourism is a very large industry in Alaska. Not as many people travel to Alaska as Florida, but the cruise ships and RV's do send many tourists to Alaska.

http://www.alaskatia.org/govtrelations/Tourism_ECON101.asp


While watching float planes take-off from Lake Hood last year, I also saw many 747's land & take-off from their airport. Many of these planes carry tourist from Asia and Europe. While in Fairbanks you will be closer to Japan and London than Florida.

http://www.alaskafloats.com/

Logging is another industry that is monitored carefully. It would take a long time to clear cut all the Alaskan forests, who would want to see that.

http://www.akforest.org/index.html

http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/article_7.shtml


Oil is their largest industry, it supplies every resident with a token yearly dividend. The alaskas have provide for income when the oil supply runs out by investing the royalties.

http://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/rlinks/environment/ak_oilgas.html

As another posted said, fishing a a very large industry, both recreational and commercial. The recreational fishing is mostly limited to the yearly runs of Salmon. Charter fishing for fish such as the Halibut, I classify as either recreational &/or tourism.

http://alaska.org/fishing/fishing.htm

Below each comment are web sites to back up what I have experianced and researches.

Farming is a industry that is not all that large. When we pulled into Tok, Alaska, one of the first towns you see when driving into Alaska, we purchased tomatoes for $0.39 per pound comparied to $2+ in the lower 48. This was in early May of '06. Many fruits and veggies are grown in green houses for early consumption.

Answer 2

Tourism
Seafood
Oil
Military

Answer 3

Tourism--hundreds of cruise ships
Oil--the Alaskan pipline
Fishing--especially crabs and salmon
Education--sad, but true.
Legarthy--there's lot's of hermits out on the tundra