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Canada Fishing
Experience adrenalin-pounding Canadian Sportfishing action.
Master Guide with thirty years experience with gives all out effort.
Pinpoints the best time and place to fish.
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Alaska Fishing Charter - ProFish-n-Sea
Exhilarating Alaska fishing charters for trophy salmon,
halibut and giant lingcod. Master Guide Steve Zernia gives all out effort.
Experience heart-pounding sportfishing action.
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California Fishing Guide
Experience heart pounding sport fishing action. Catch more Kings.
California fishing guide with thirty years experience gives
all out fishing effort.
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Skagway Fishing Charters - Dockside Charters
Skagway Alaska fishing charters for trophy salmon and lingcod.
Master Guide Greg Jones gives all out effort. Experience heart-pounding
sportfishing action.
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Captain
Jack's Alaska
Alaska's
premier full-service sport-fish processing. We take great pride
in making sure the fish you receive are the fish you caught. Relive
your Alaska fishing trip by simply opening your freezer.
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Alaska
Salmon Fishing Lodge
Finest Alaska wilderness fishing lodge vacations since 1985. Catch
fish till your arms fall off. View bears feeding on salmon, up close
but not too personal. Your Alaska expeditions starts here.
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Alaska
Fly Fishing Lodge
Alaska fishing lodge vacations. Remote Katmai National Forest fly-out.
At the confluence of 6 rivers, Alaska fishing does not get any better.
Over 5 million salmon pass right by our lodge yearly.
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Seattle
Fishing Charter
A fishing guide's fishing guide. No one knows Seattle fishing better.
Captain Gary Krein's hybrid approach to tracking and finding game
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Kenai
River Fishing Guides
Fish with top rated Kenai River fishing guide Mark Glassmaker. 15
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OREGON FISHING GUIDE
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GATLINGBURG
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ISLAND POINTING
For the serious island hopper
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COUNTY STATISTICS
The county encompasses the Island of Hawaii
(official name of the Big Island), the youngest one in the chain.
It was formed by 5 volcanoes, 2 of which are still active
(Mauna Loa and Kilauea).
It is known as the "Big Island" and also as the "Orchid
Isle". It has a land area of 4,028 square miles.
It is almost twice the combined size of the other islands.
Ka
Lae, also know as South Point, is the southern most point in the
United States.
Mauna
Kea, which rises 13,796 feet above sea level, is the world's tallest
mountain when measured from the ocean floor. It is often snowcapped
in winter.
The
island flower is a red blossom called pua lehua. Average daily temperatures:
Hilo (71.2° F.); Kailua-Kona (73.1° F.) Mauna Kea summit
temperatures range from 31° to 43° F.
Average
annual rainfall: 131 inches at Hilo Airport; 10 inches near Kawaihae.
POPULATION
Resident population (2002): 148,677
By
age (2002): Under 5 (6.1%); 5-19 (22.7); 20-44 (31.7); 45-64 (26.0);
65+ (13.5)
By
ethnic groups (2002): Hawaiian/Part Hawaiian (30.2); Caucasian (23.2);
Japanese (14.1); Filipino (10.5)
Main
cities and towns (2002): Hilo (40,759); Kailua-Kona (9,870); Waimea
(7,028)
TOURISM
Visitor
arrivals (2002): 1,267,965
Major
attractions are the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Akaka Falls,
Pu‘uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park (City of Refuge),
Pu‘ukohola Heiau National Historic Site and Lapakahi State
Historic Park. Additional activities include viewing petroglyph
sites, deep-sea fishing, cultural events such as the Merrie Monarch
Hula Festival and the Kona Coffee Festival and sports events such
as the Ironman Triathlon.
AGRICULTURE:
Important products are beef, kona coffee, macadamia nuts, papaya
and tropical flowers such as orchids and anthuriums. Aquaculture
(2002): 42 farms producing shellfish, finfish, and algae valued
at $13.4 million
Sugarcane
production was abandoned in 1996. There are efforts to convert the
use of these lands to forestry and to expand diversified agriculture.
A
30-acre site is being developed for a $50 million Pacific Basin
Agriculture Center. It will be operated by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
HEALTH
Licenses (2002): 278 doctors, 95 dentists, 1,004 nurses and 76 pharmacists.
EDUCATION
University of Hawaii at Hilo offers four-year degrees and a Master's
of Art degree in Hawaiian language. Hawaii Community College, part
of the University of Hawaii system, offers two-year degrees.
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS
5 banks with 25 branches and 2 savings and loans with 9 branches
PRINT
AND BROADCAST MEDIA
Principal newspapers are the Hawaii Tribune-Herald and West Hawaii
Today
Radio
stations (2002): 5 AM stations, 11 FM stations. TV stations (2002):
6 commercial stations,
(2002) 2 cable stations with 34,268 subscribers
SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY
Mauna Kea has 13 major astronomical facilities representing the
cooperation of ten countries. An $8 million Mauna Kea Astronomy
Education and Interpretation Science Center is planned for the University
of Hawaii at Hilo.
The
Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority at Keahole Point promotes
ocean-related research, education and commercial activities utilizing
deep-ocean water technology.
GOVERNMENT
Mayor: Harry Kim, nine-member county council (www.hawaii-county.com)
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