IPHC Requests Tenders for the 2021 Fishery-Independent Setline Survey (FISS)
SEATTLE – The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) is seeking to charter longline vessels to conduct its Fishery-Independent Setline Survey (FISS)…
Coast Guard Hoists Four Boaters from Yamani Islets
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued four boaters Friday from Yamani Islets, 27 miles south of Sitka, Alaska. A Coast…
Coast Guard Works to make Catch Less Deadly in 2021
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Within the commercial crab fishing fleet of Alaska’s Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) sail some of…
Coast Guard Rescues Three Stranded near Juneau
KODIAK, Alaska —The Coast Guard rescued three hunters Thursday from a beached vessel in Barlow Cove, approximately 15 miles northwest…
Coast Guard, U.S. Border Patrol Conducted Joint Canadian Maritime Border Patrol
JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guard personnel partnered with Border Patrol agents near Southeast Alaska and the Canadian border, November 17-18,…
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star develops next generation of Arctic leaders
The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, the nation’s sole heavy icebreaker, is making its way north for the ship’s…
U.S. Navy releases Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Navy Training Activities Draft Supplemental EIS/OEIS
SILVERDALE, Wash — The U.S. Navy has prepared a draft supplement to the 2011 Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Navy Training…
In Search of Cooler Waters, Marine Species Are Shifting Northward or Diving Deeper
The American blue economy, which are resources and services provided by the oceans, contributed about $373 billion to the economy in 2018,…
Lawmakers urge governor to issue disaster declaration in Norton Sound, Yukon River fisheries after dismal salmon season
NOME – This year’s commercial salmon fisheries were devastating for Norton Sound and Yukon River fishermen, processors, local vendors, and…
Coast Guard medevacs man 170 miles northwest of Saint Paul Island, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fishing vessel approximately 170 miles northwest of Saint Paul, Tuesday.…