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Jay Barrett/KMXT The fishing vessel that partially sunk Sunday afternoon in the Shelikof Strait has gone to the bottom. A Coast Guard spokesman in Kodiak reports the Scandia went down in Uyak Bay about 1:47 Monday morning as it was being towed by the Good Samaritan vessel Hazel Lorraine. Petty Officer Johnathan Klingenberg said the Hazel Lorraine took the Scandia …
Read More »Partially-Sunk Scandia Poses Navigation Hazard
Jay Barrett/KMXT The Coast Guard is warning mariners on the west side of Kodiak Island to be on the look out for a partially-submerged fishing boat that went down Sunday. An Air Station Kodiak Jayhawk crew rescued five crew members from the vessel Scandia more than 70 miles west of Kodiak City Sunday afternoon. The Coast Guard received a call …
Read More »Monterrey Could Be On the Move Friday
A trawler sails out of Kodiak harbor past the grounded U.S. Army Reserve landing craft Monterrey Sunday, as the civilian landing craft Cape Douglas stands by with more oil spill containment boom. Jay Barrett/KMXT photo Jay Barrett/KMXT The U.S. Army Reserve landing craft Monterrey, which has spent all week aground in Kodiak after striking a rock and taking on water, …
Read More »Lack of Immersion Suits for Young Prompt Exemption
Jay Barrett/KMXT Commercial salmon fishing in Alaska is often a family affair, with kids joining parents onboard. There is a problem that pops up though, with very young children and the requirement for immersion or survival suits for everyone onboard a commercial fishing boat. Ken Lawrenson, the commercial fishing safety coordinator in Juneau says the Coast Guard is aware of …
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