Unalaska, AK – Dutch Harbor remains the leading fishing port in the United States by volume for the 17th year in a row, according to landing figures from 2005 released by the Department of Commerce on Friday.

887.6 million pounds of seafood were brought in to Dutch Harbor in 2005, a slight increase over the previous year. That's nearly twice the volume of the next-largest port, in Intracoastal City, Louisiana.

Dutch Harbor's 2005 catch is valued at $166.1 million, which ranks the port a distant second behind New Bedford, Massachusetts for revenue. New Bedford brought in $282.5 million in 2005.

The only other Alaskan port to crack the top ten for volume of landings in 2005 was Kodiak, which ranked fourth with 337.2 million pounds. Half of the top ten ports by value are in Alaska. That list includes Kodiak, Naknek-King Salmon, Seward and Cordova.