Alaska Boating Fuel Efficiency Resources
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 conserving fuel, results of a commercial fishing fuel survey, links to news stories about reducing fuel costs, a downloadable poster and brochure on fuel efficiency, and more.
Commercial Fishing Fuel Survey
Commercial Fishing Fuel Survey Results—Executive Summary
Fall 2008 Alaska Commercial Fishermen and Tender Fuel Survey (preliminary full report) [PDF; 564 KB]
Related news releases
- Alaska fishermen netted by high fuel costs take steps both easy and drastic
Alaska Sea Grant releases results of statewide fuel survey - Fishermen, have you found ways to save fuel? Tell the Alaska Marine Advisory Program
Links to other sources of information
Annotated links provided by commercial fishermen who took the fuel efficiency survey
Commercial Fishing Loan Fund
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
- Fishermen share their fuel saving tips [mp3 file, 1.1 MB]
Fish Radio with Laine Welch, 22 October 2008 - Fishermen asked to take fuel survey [mp3 file, 2.2 MB]
Alaska Public Radio Network, KBBI-Homer, 19 September 2008 - Fishermen, have you found ways to save fuel? Tell the Alaska Marine Advisory Program
Alaska Sea Grant, 18 September 2008 - 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.
