Fishing is the leading industry in Prince Rupert, despite uncertainty caused by recession, diminishing fish supplies, and competition among commercial fisheries, sport fisheries, and the fisheries of the indigenous peoples. The fish processing industry employs the area's largest workforce, which peaks at over 2500 in the summer season. Prince Rupert's principal year-round employer is a pulp mill that employs 750 workers. A new, state-of-the-art sawmill exports cut logs to Japan.
Prince Rupert is a meeting place of rail, water, road, and air routes. The city has several port facilities. Grain, coal, and processed mineral ores from western Canada, as well as local pulp, lumber, and fish products, are shipped abroad, mainly to Asia. Prince Rupert is the western terminus of the northern lines of Canadian National Railway's transcontinental freight business and VIA Rail's passenger service. The city's international airport, located across the harbor on Digby Island, receives daily scheduled flights of Air BC and Canadian Airlines International, as well as charter and regular flights of smaller carriers. In addition, the region's tourist industry is growing rapidly.
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