Fishing for Answers off Fukushima
Japan fisheries data provides a look at how the ocean is faring 18 months after the worst accidental release of…
Speed Limits on Cargo Ships Could Reduce Their Pollutants by More than Half
Putting a speed limit on cargo ships as they sail near ports and coastlines could cut their emission of air…
Coast Guard Medevacs Cucumber Diver in Distress from Vessel in Alitak Bay
The Kodiak Police Department contacted the Coast Guard at 8:30 pm and informed them of a possible medical emergency aboard…
Search Suspended for F/V Darlin' Michelle's Missing Crewmember
A call went in to the Coast Guard Juneau Watchstanders from the Skagway Police on Tuesday reporting that the vessel's…
Fossil Study Helps Pinpoint Extinction Risks for Ocean Animals
When it comes to ocean extinctions, range size matters most…
Biologists Record Increasing Amounts of Plastic Litter in the Arctic Deep Sea
The sea bed in the Arctic deep sea is increasingly strewn with litter and plastic waste. As reported in the…
Jayhawk Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing During Search for Missing Crewmember
On Thursday, the Coast Guard Sector Anchorage received a call at 10:53 am from the fishing vessel Flying Ocean that…
Coast Guard Jayhawk Helicopter Rescues Crew of Kodiak Isle after Vessel Strikes Rock.
Five fishermen were plucked from the beach on Sitkinak Island where they had gone after their vessel began taking on…
Coast Guard Rescues 2 People from Grounded Vessel Near Resurrection Bay
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from forward operating location Cordova rescued two men from their…
Murkowski Pushes Alaskan, Arctic Priorities in Coast Guard Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the House of Representatives and the Senate consider competing versions of the Coast Guard Authorization Act,…