Westward Seafoods Inc., a Dutch Harbor seafood processing plant has agreed to pay a $570,000 civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act occurring between 2002 and 2006. The EPA complaint against Westward Seafoods alleged improper use and reporting regarding the burning of 1.3 million gallons of…
Thursday the Pacific Fisheries Management Council adopted a commercial 2010 Chinook salmon seasons for the Washington and Oregon Coasts. Under the proposal, commercial fishermen will be able to harvest 56,000 Chinook salmon north of Cape Falcon and 13,000 marked hatchery Coho. Recreational fishermen will also share in the openings which…
The U.S. District Attorney has charged Seong Ug Sin, captain of a 587 Panamanian Log Ship, with operating the vessel while intoxicated. The charges stem from a Coast Guard boarding of the ship in the Straight of Juan de Fuca near Port Angles Washington. A breathalyzer test showed Sin’s alcohol…
The Coast Guard has airlifted an injured fisherman from the fishing vessel Neves. The vessel was 115 miles east of Nantucket when it radioed needing medical help for an injured crewman. No details of the accident have been provided. The crewman was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital for emergency medical…
Yesterday, the Coast Guard issued an order requiring the cargo vessel STX DAISY to remain at anchor in Port Angeles, Washington. During a routine Coast Guard boarding of the vessel in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Coast Guard suspected the vessel’s Master showed signs of intoxication. The 587…
The 34-foot fishing vessel OREGON 350 capsized near Cape Mendocino on Thursday afternoon. Two crewmen, father and son, were rescued from the vessel by the Coast Guard. The vessel reportedly was struck by a large wave, causing the vessel to lose its electronics. After the Coast Guard evacuated one crewman…
Columbia River gill netters will have a brief four-hour season for Spring Chinook on Wednesday. Approximately 50-75 boats are anticipated to participate in the fishery targeting the prized fish. The market price for spring Chinook rivals that of the Copper River Salmon.
A worker at Trident Seafoods’ fish processing plant in Akutan has been medically evacuated to Anchorage after suffering second and third degree burns to his face. The accident reportedly happened when a paint can exploded in an incinerator.
A fish processor cleaning machinery aboard the Alaska factory trawler Ocean Peace was seriously injured on Tuesday. Joemar Lontoc was airlifted from the vessel by a Coast Guard helicopter, and he has been transferred to Anchorage for emergency medical care. The accident happened 100 miles west of Adak Island. Serious…
March 29, 2010 – The Supreme Court of the United States has rejected a petition to decide whether or not the spouses of non seamen injured on the high seas may make a claim for loss of consortium. Denying a writ of certiorari, the Court let stand the Eighth Circuit…