Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska House of Representatives today passed a bill to generate more revenue for fisheries management and protect fishermen and women by reenacting the fisheries guide and operator licensing program. House Bill 41, by Representatives Cathy Tilton and Cathy Muñoz, brings back the program, which was in effect for more a decade […]
Almost 40 years ago, without regard for the conservation of our fisheries or the needs of the Alaskan people, foreign fishing fleets dominated the waters off Alaska’s shores and took anything and everything in their reach. Ask anyone familiar with the times, deck lights of foreign vessels – dozens if not more – could be […]
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young has joined Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU) in introducing H.R. 774, the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015, which would enhance the enforcement authority of the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to regulate and combat IUU fishing. “As a […]
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew forward deployed in Cold Bay, Alaska, medevaced an ailing fisherman from the fishing vessel Northern Leader 170 miles northwest of St. Paul Island Wednesday morning. The Jayhawk crew safely hoisted the fisherman aboard the helicopter and transported him to awaiting commercial medical flight […]