Office of Law Enforcement Protects Alaskan Waters from Invasive and Injurious Species
![Service WI Hornbaker and K-9 Dock inspect a vessel for zebra and Quagga mussels during Operation Barnacle Buster at the Port of Alcan, Alaska. The boat was being transported from the State of Illinois and was destined for Big Lake, Alaska. Credit: USFWS Office of Law Enforcement Protects Alaskan Waters from Invasive and Injurious Species](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/hornbaker.jpg)
Operation Barnacle Buster was an eight-day inspection blitz executed at the Alaskan Port of Alcan on the border of the United States and Canada. The operation was conceived because of the continual threat of invasive species entering the State of Alaska. The Service also used the operation as an opportunity to enforce Federal, State, foreign, […]