At Sea
Arctic Storm Catches fire Outside of Grays Harbor, 78 Crewmembers Evacuated
The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a fire aboard the 314-foot catcher-processor Arctic Storm 32 miles outside of Grays Harbor on Monday afternoon. ... Full story
NOAA Releases Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures for Public Comment
Draft environmental impact statement seeks balance between protecting Steller sea lions and reducing economic impacts on fishing industry. ... Full story
Coast Guard Crews Search for Missing Fairbanks Boater near Key West, Florida
MIAMI - Coast Guard crews are searching for a man who went out on his boat Monday from Fort Myers, Fla., and never arrived in Key West, Fla., as planned. ... Full story
Using Earthquake Sensors to Track Endangered Whales
The fin whale is the second-largest animal ever to live on Earth. It is also, paradoxically, one of the least understood. The animal’s huge size and global range make its movements and behavior hard to study. ... Full story
Coast Guard Schedules Hearing for Kulluk Grounding in Anchorage, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard formal marine casualty investigation hearing is scheduled for May 20 at noon, at the Anchorage Loussac Library, Assembly Hall Chambers, to investigate the contributing causes that led to the conical drilling unit Kulluk grounding on Sitkalidak Island Dec. 31, 2012. ... Full story
Autopsy Reveals Kodiak Boat Harbor Deaths Were Heroin Overdoses
The autopsy reports on the two men found deceased on separate boats in Kodiak's St Herman and St Paul Harbors showed that both men died from heroin overdoses it was revealed. ... Full story
Coast Guard, Good Samaritan Assist Mariner in Prince William Sound, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, forward-deployed to Cordova, and a good Samaritan research vessel crew assisted a vessel taking on water in Prince William Sound about 40 miles west of Cordova, May 5, 2013. ... Full story
Body of Missing Skipper Found in the Water Near Belkofsky
At approximately 6 am on Friday, the King Cove Police Department contacted the Alaska State Troopers to inform them of a missing person from one of the vessels in the area. ... Full story
Health Defects Found in Fish Exposed to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, crude oil toxicity continues to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species, according to new findings from a research team that includes a University of California, Davis, scientist. ... Full story
Health Defects Found in Fish Exposed to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, crude oil toxicity continues to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species, according to new findings from a research team that includes a University of California, Davis, scientist. ... Full story
