Coast Guard Medevacs Fisherman near Sitka, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew conducted a medevac of an ailing fisherman…
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Eleanor S Crew-member Missing Since Wednesday
In the early hours of last Wednesday, the owner of the F/V Eleanor S, fell overboard.…
Seabirds Study Shows Plastic Pollution Reaching Surprising Levels off Coast of Pacific Northwest
Plastic pollution off the northwest coast of North America is reaching the level of the notoriously polluted North Sea, according…
Two Men Flip in Zodiac at Bristol Bay, Man Resuscitated by Troopers, Both Survive
As Alaska State Trooper Jason Ball and Public Safety Technician II Shawn Olsen were out on the water performing enforcement…
Pacific Exercise to Feature More Participants, Biofuel Use
Washington — This year’s Rim of the Pacific naval exercise will feature a larger group of participating countries seeking to…
Pollutants Could Pose Health Risks for 5 Sea Turtle Species
Researchers at the Hollings Marine Laboratory (HML) and four partner organizations have measured for the first time concentrations of 13…
Research Vessel Winds Down Visit To Vietnam As Part Of Joint Oceanographic Research Program
DA NANG, Vietnam (NNS) — U.S. scientists and Vietnamese researchers will discuss coastal ocean circulation and land-ocean environmental trends this…
Mystery of the Flatfish Head Solved
Those delicious flatfishes, like halibut and sole, are also evolutionary puzzles. Their profoundly asymmetrical heads have one of the most…
Significant Sea-Level Rise in a 2-Degree Warming World
Sea levels around the world can be expected to rise by several meters in coming centuries, if global warming carries…
Young Bristol Bay Beluga Whale Rescued by SeaLife Center
The young male Beluga Whale that was found near the Diamond O cannery in Naknek after a storm has found…