Alaska Boating Fuel Efficiency Resources
Commercial Fishing Fuel Survey
Let us know how high fuel costs have affected your fishing business. Offer your perspective by taking this short online survey.
Coping with high fuel costs
Increased fuel prices are hurting commercial fishermen, charterboat and water taxi operators, sport fishermen, and recreational boaters. Saving money on boat fuel can be as easy as simply slowing down or as complicated as replacing a boat engine, and results vary greatly depending on the vessel. This site offers tips for lowering your fuel costs, along with links to news stories and a downloadable poster and brochure. Links to other informative sites will be coming soon.
New Loan Information
The Alaska Division of Investments' Commercial Fishing Loan Fund is offering low-interest loans to Alaska commercial fishermen interested in replacing or rebuilding their vessel engines, gear purchases, and vessel upgrades. Learn more and apply online at: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/investments/vgu.cfml
Tips for conserving fuel
- Web page: Lower Your Fuel Costs: Fuel efficiency tips
- Brochure: Save Money on Boat Fuel [PDF; 349 KB]
- Poster: Tips to Reduce Fuel Costs for Your Boat [PDF; 162 KB]
- Article: Fishermen's First Step: Using Less Fuel [PDF; 143 KB]
From Changing Climate—Changing Alaska's Fisheries? Alaska Seas & Coasts, Vol. 5, March 2008
News stories
- Vessel Fuel Story [mp3 file, 2.3 MB]
Alaska Public Radio Network, KSKA-Sitka, 27 August 2008 - Fuel prices making fishermen crabby
Capital City Weekly, 9 July 2008
[PDF version of story, 460 KB] - Marine Advisory Program offers boaters tips to conserve fuel, save money
Alaska Sea Grant, 20 June 2008 - Fishermen look for ways to conserve fuel
Bristol Bay Times, 19 June 2008
[PDF version of story, 260 KB]
- Marine diesel prices at $5.13 crippling fishing fleet
Cordova Times, 12 June 2008
[PDF version of story, 128 KB]
For more information
- Terry Johnson, MAP agent
- Greg Fisk, fishing consultant, 907-586-4090, prawns@alaska.net.
