Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Growth in Marine Economy Outpaces Overall National Economy

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A new U.S. Commerce Department report says businesses that are dependent on the nation’s oceans, coasts and Great Lakes saw their marine-rel...

NPAFC Says 2020 Salmon Harvests Were Lowest in Four Decades

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A new report from the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission says preliminary North Pacific-wide total salmon harvests in 2020, as reporte...

Merchant Mariner Examination Working Group Resumes Meetings

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Officials with the National Maritime Center (NMC) have announced the resumption of working group meetings to review existing and new examina...

Copper River Salmon Fishery Reopens

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Drift gillnetters in the Copper River fishery were on the grounds ready for a long awaited 12-hour opener on Wednesday, June 9, hoping for a...

Dockside Vessel Exams, Safety Classes Offered in Advance of Bristol Bay Fishery

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In advance of this year’s Bristol Bay salmon season, the U.S. Coast Guard has begun conducting courtesy dockside exams of commercial fishing...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Coast Guard Ends Illegal Use of ‘Paper Captains’ in Washington-Based Tuna Fishing

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U.S. Coast Guard officials, having detected eight separate “paper captain” violations in the commercial tuna fishing vessels operating out o...

Coast Guard Cutter on Narcotics Patrol Seizes $33M Worth of Cocaine

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The Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast , based in Astoria, Oregon, has returned home after a 10,000 mile, 49-day counter-narcotics patrol in the E...