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A small southern Southeast Alaska ferry line is of large value to the region’s economy. That’s according to a new report studying the Inter-Island Ferry Authority.
A small southern Southeast Alaska ferry line is of large value to the region’s economy. That’s according to a new report studying the Inter-Island Ferry Authority.
The authority, known as the IFA, carries about 52,000 passengers a year.
A single ferry leaves the eastern Prince of Wales Island port of Hollis each morning. It arrives in Ketchikan about three hours later, and then waits ‘til the evening to sail back.
The
Inter-Island Ferry Authority ship Stikine sails through Ketchikan’s
Tongass Narrows. Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News
A new study shows it’s an important part of the region’s economy. (Read the report.)
“No one is no more dependent on IFA’s daily timetable than those
trying to get fresh or live seafood to market,” says Meilani Schijvens
of Juneau-based Sheinberg Associates. She authored the report, funded by
a state grant to the authority.
Schijvens says the ferry carries 3 million pounds of seafood a year, with a value of $15 million. Full News
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