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Oct 14, 2024 · The U.S. Coast Guard removed four crew members from the Pan Viva Saturday afternoon. The distressed 738-foot Panama-flagged cargo ship is anchored near Constantine Bay in Unalaska. The tugboat Gretchen Dunlap is standing by to assist the ship, according to several sources working on the response. Industry.
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The Bering Sea’s biggest and most lucrative crab fisheries opened last week, and so far, fishing is looking good.“Fishing has been very good for the [Bristol Bay red king crab] fleet this season and the crab delivered so far has been of high quality — new shell, large size, good meat-fill,” said Alaska Department of Fish and Game Area Management Biologist Ethan Nichols.
3D image reveals why Great Sitkin volcano has been erupting
Feb 28, 2024 · Haney was part of a national research team that developed a 3D model of the Great Sitkin volcano, which showed its magma plumbing system. The model shows the volcano is erupting because of two magma reservoirs below it. It also depicts the pathway to the magma eruptions. This information helps scientists understand the potential hazards the ...
The Case of The Vanishing Seals: An Alaskan Island Mystery
Feb 29, 2016 · Chapter 1. An Amazing Disaster. From a viewing blind in the middle of a seal rookery on Alaska's remote Pribilof Islands, it can be hard to fathom this place once holding vastly more life than it does now. Untold thousands of chubby brown bodies drape over boulders and sprawl across the tundra into the distance: northern fur seals.
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Jul 19, 2024 · King Cove residents’ deaths in Anchorage fire being investigated. Andy Lusk. , February 9, 2024. Two longtime King Cove residents died from injuries sustained in a suspicious fire that took place in Anchorage on Feb. 1. The fire is being investigated as arson and the deaths are being investigated as homicides. Crime.
In unusual move, U.S. Army sends missiles and airborne infantry to ...
Sep 18, 2024 · A Coast Guard crew encountered a Chinese guided missile cruiser in the Bering Sea last week. The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball was on a routine patrol on Sept. 19, when the vessel encountered the Renhai CG 101 about 75 miles north of Kiska Island, in the Western Aleutians, according to a Coast Guard statement Monday morning.
Aleutian Airways expands service to Sand Point and Cold Bay
Mar 8, 2023 · Aleutian Airways is adding a third route to its scheduled flight service. The new regional airline, which is operated by Sterling Airways, announced Wednesday that they’re starting a route between Anchorage and two Alaska Peninsula communities: Sand Point and Cold Bay. According to company spokesperson Ashley Hammers, starting in May, flights will be offered on Monday, Wednesday and Friday ...
Peter Pan's King Cove plant will stay closed this winter as ... - KUCB
Jan 11, 2024 · Peter Pan first informed local officials Thursday about the closure in King Cove, where its plant contributes some $2 million in yearly fish tax revenue for the community of 850 people. The winter months that the plant will stay closed typically generate roughly one-third of that revenue, said Gary Hennigh, King Cove’s city administrator.
Dutch Harbor state-waters cod fishery opens with largest harvest …
Feb 5, 2024 · The state-water cod fishery for pot gear boats of 58 feet or less in the Dutch Harbor Subdistrict opened Thursday, Feb. 1 at noon. Those harvesters have a limit of 60 pots per vessel and a guideline harvest level of a little more than 44 million pounds. That’s the largest harvest level the fishery has ever seen. Last year’s was the second biggest at just over 38 million pounds.
Dutch Harbor Remains Nation's Top Port In Terms Of Volume For …
May 26, 2021 · KUCB. Dutch Harbor has been named the nation's top fishing port in terms of volume of seafood landed for the 23rd consecutive year. And the Aleutians East Borough — which includes Akutan, False Pass, Sand Point and King Cove — rose from third to second place. That's according to an annual report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...