As of 2022, there were 6,171 set gill net permit holders actively fishing in Alaska, according to the research by Fay and Sagoonick. Of those, 42 were in Unalakleet, a community of about 725 people.

This Nov. 12, 2016 photo, provided by Jeff Erickson shows two moose frozen mid-fight and encased in ice near the remote village of Unalakleet, Alaska, on the state's western coast.