Prince William Sound Sport and Subsistence Shrimp Pot Fishery Opens
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) –Today kicked off the 2019 Prince William Sound sport and subsistence shrimp pot fishery. Alaska Wildlife Troopers…
District 11 Coast Guard Offloads more than 7.1 Tons of Cocaine in San Diego
Crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Waesche offload contraband at Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal in San Diego April 5, 2019. The…
M/V Tustumena Return to Service Delayed
Extensive damaged steel on the vessel means more repair is needed, vessel will return to service May 18, 2019.…
Coast Guard Medevacs Man From Fishing Vessel 65 Miles East of Kodiak
An Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevacs a man from a fishing vessel who was suffering symptoms of…
Coast Guard to Conduct a Pollution Response Exercise in Juneau
JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guard Sector Juneau will host an oil spill response exercise, April 3-4, 2019, on the…
Water Samples Detect Low Levels of Fukushima-related Contamination
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] slightly elevated level of radioactive contamination connected to the Fukushima nuclear disaster has been detected in the northern…
Coast Guard Demobilizes St. Paul, Cold Bay Forward Operating Locations
[dropcap]K[/dropcap]ODIAK, Alaska — Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrews demobilized forward operating locations in St. Paul and Cold Bay, March 15,…
Nation’s only Heavy Icebreaker returns Home following 105-day Antarctic Trip
SEATTLE — The 150-member crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star returned earlier this month to their…
West Coast Waters Grow More Productive with Shift Toward Cooler Conditions
The ocean off the West Coast is shifting from several years of unusually warm conditions, toward a cooler and more…
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Arctic Habitat of Endangered Ice Seals
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice Thursday of its intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service to…