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News and feature highlights from the year 1989 in Alaska Fisherman’s Journal.

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Port Index

Industry Waypoints Fo’c’sle Library Directory of Fishing Organizations Port Listings

18 OCEAN INK Exploring the history, practice and appreciation of Gyotaku, the art of Japanese fish printing.

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28 YOUNGBLOODS A young tenderman preaches the need for proper fish handling and quality control.

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30 ON THE MARKET Salmon forecasts, foreign trade tariffs, building the brand and more from ASMI.

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30 Cover: Sam Froines and Taylor Tomblin, the crew of the F/V Big Dipper, pumping a nice set of pink salmon in Jack Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska.

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hirty years ago this spring, the Exxon Valdez took a wrong turn and changed the course of all of our lives. For some Prince William Sound fishing families, the disaster started a ripple effect that would change the region and their lives for generations.

Bruce Buls, former technical editor for WorkBoat magazine and a longtime fisheries reporter, is based in Whidbey Island, Wash., and has been covering the Exxon Valdez story for decades. He wrote the 30th anniversary National Fisherman cover story for our March issue. But the saga has been so torturous and complex that we decided to split the anniversary coverage into two features. The second half you’ll find here on JESSICA HATHAWAY page 40. Bruce lays out the agonizing settlement Editor in chief process, how the oil giant used the corporationfriendly federal court system to whittle down its fines from a year’s profit to just a few days’ worth of profit.

And Exxon never lost any ground, unlike the fishermen whose lives and livelihoods were ruined as a result of negligence.

I can only hope that the timing of this anniversary will give some of the powers that be a moment’s pause in the rush to approve the permit for Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay. Fishery stakeholders were given a slight reprieve with an extended public comment period (see the story on page 6). Though this issue carries a July cover date, it should be in your mailbox well before the comment period deadline of June 29.You can submit your comments at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website or via mail.Visit our website or follow Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay on Facebook for updates.

Southwest Alaska was the first place I saw gyotaku — the Japanese art of fish printing.

Not only is there a strong Japanese influence on Alaska’s seafood culture, but Alaskans also revere their wild fish the way the Japanese do.

I am delighted to share some of Christopher Dewees’ incredible collection of gyotaku as an excerpt from his book, “A Life Among Fishes,” which last year won two Indie Book Awards for Art as well as Science & Nature. Our selection from the book includes some background on the evolution of the art of gyotaku, step by step instructions, as well as reproductions of some of Dewees’ incredible prints.You’ll find it on page 18.

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Comment submissions on the draft environmental impact statement for Pebble Mine close June 29.

Army Corps extends Pebble project comment period

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he federal government agreed to extend a public comment period on the Pebble Mine proposal after Alaska’s senators raised concerns that the state’s residents needed more time to consider the 1,400-page draft environmental impact statement.

“Acting now is important, given the length and complexity of the [draft report] and the need to ensure that the thousands of Alaskans who have followed this project closely can provide meaningful feedback on it,” wrote Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in her letter to Col. Phillip Borders, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Alaska district commander.

Sen. Dan Sullivan also claimed that the 90-day time period was too short.

The extension will add 30 days to the 90-day period, pushing the deadline to

June 29, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Following the public comment period, the Corps is expected to release a final environmental review leading to a final decision next year. The Corps may deny a permit, or select a development alternative.

According to the Army Corps, around 8,400 public comments had been uploaded to its website at press time.

Comments on Pebble’s permit application and the draft EIS can be submitted online or by mail. — Samuel Hill

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regon state lawmakers are proposing a bill that would provide nearly $2 million to study

and respond to the effects of rising ocean temperatures, low oxygen levels and ocean acidification.

Thirty percent of man-made carbon dioxide is absorbed by the ocean, which causes the water to become more acidic, the report said.

The change in ocean pH levels has made it difficult for animals like crabs, oysters, and shrimp to make their shells, which could be a blow to the state’s shellfish industry.

Senate Bill 260 would provide $1.9 million from the state’s general fund to respond to the problems caused by climate change.

If the bill passes, the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife would receive $470,000 to map and assess estuaries — most existing research on acidification and hypoxia (low oxygen levels) has been done offshore.

Oregon State University would receive $370,000 to conduct projects concerning shellfish breeding and ocean sampling and monitoring.

The Oregon Ocean Science Trust would receive the lion’s share of the funding, $1.06 million, which would be used for seven projects, including

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June 3-10 North Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting

June 19-25 Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting

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DoubleTree — Mission Valley 7450 Hazard Center Drive San Diego, CA www.pcouncil.org

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July 12-14 Ballard SeafoodFest

Aug. 2-4 Salmonfest

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Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds Ninilchik, AK (907) 743-1900 info@salmonfestalaska.org salmonfestalaska.org

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ederal assistance is finally on its way for California crabbers who suffered through the 2015-16 commercial season.

Despite $200 million in relief funding made available in 2018, the release of the money was delayed by the U.S. Department of Commerce. It took a letter from U.S. Reps. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) to keep pushing the issue last year.

Funding should be delivered at the top of June, according to the representatives.

“We’ve been waiting almost two years since these funds were made available by appropriations from Congress,” said Noah Oppenheim, executive director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Association. “These funds have been desperately needed for a long time.

And the crab fishermen are already experiencing another severe hardship with whale entanglements, and the funds are needed more now than they were before.”

Crabbers will be paid out based on how many traps they’re licensed to set.

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modeling of aquatic vegetation, acidification and hypoxia monitoring, and a communications plan.

The bill was in the state’s Joint Ways and Means Committee in early May, and is part of a larger action plan established by a Legislature-created task force in 2017.

— Ben Fisher

So far, 300,000 pounds of gear has been shipped to Plastix in Europe by Net Your Problem, where it’s melted down and made into plastic pellets.

The aid package includes more than $14 million to be divided between 570 Dungeness crab permit holders in California, including about 60 in Bodega Bay. Crabbers will be paid according to the number of crab traps they were permitted to work that year.

Seafood processors will share in $7.3 million, depending on how much volume they handled in prior years, while commercial passenger vessels will get a share of $664,115.

Nearly $2.6 million will be spent on competitive research grants aimed at improving the resiliency of the crab fishery.

— Samuel Hill

Gear recycling program expands to Southeast

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he Panhandle plans to be the next Alaska region to give new life to old fishing gear by sending it to plasticrecycling centers. The tons of nets and lines piled up in local lots and landfills will become the raw material for soda bottles, cell phone cases, sunglasses, skateboards, swimsuits and more.

Juneau, Haines, Petersburg and possibly Sitka have partnered with Net Your Problem to launch an effort this year to send old or derelict seine and gillnets to a recycler in Richmond, British Columbia.

“We’re going to be working in a new location with a new material and send-

ing it to a new recycler,” said Nicole Baker, founder of Net Your Problem and the force behind fishing gear recycling in Alaska.

Baker, a former fisheries observer who also is a research assistant for Ray Hilborn at the University of Washington, jumpstarted recycling programs for trawl nets, and crab and halibut line two years ago at Dutch Harbor, and Kodiak quickly followed. The nets can weigh from 5,000 to 25,000 tons and can cost $350-$500 per ton for disposal in landfills. The community-industry collaborations in both towns have so far sent 300,000 pounds of gear to Europe for recycling.

“Each fishing port will have its own special logistics plan, but the general role is the same,” she said. “You need somebody to give you the nets, truck them around, load them and ship them.”

No two plastics are the same, and the Canadian recycler opened the door for removals of seine and gillnets made from nylon.

Baker said only gear that contains lead, such as longline gear or leaded lines, cannot be accepted for recycling.

The pace of the fishing seasons will determine the best time for the Southeast towns to begin collecting nets from fishermen, Baker said, and she hopes to hear from other communities that have net pileups. — Laine Welch

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INDUSTRY WAYPOINTS The United Fishermen of Alaska announced the re-election Bruce Schactler, and the election of Tyson Fick, Melanie Brown, and Cynthia Wallesz to the UFA board of directors as at-large members.

Schactler has seined for salmon in Southeast and Kodiak, tossed pots for tanner crab in Kodiak and Togiak, and longlined for cod and halibut throughout the state, as well as statewide herring seining efforts. He is the director of the Alaska Global Food Aid Program with the Alaska Seafood Cynthia Wallesz Bruce Schactler Marketing Institute, and serves as national director for the National Seafood Marketing Coalition. He has served as an atlarge board member since 1993 and received the 2013 UFA Fisherman of the Year award.

Fick has served as communications director for ASMI as well as executive director of the Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers. He now fishes Southeast salmon gillnet, salmon hand troll, and Dungeness crab potting as a co-owner of Taku River Reds.

Brown has been fishing since 1979 in her family’s Bristol Bay setnet operation and as a crew member in Togiak herring, Kotzebue Sound and Norton Sound setnet fisheries.

She is serving her second term on ASMI’s Salmon Species Tyson Fick Melanie Brown Committee, and is a board member of the Alaska Marine Conservation Council.

Wallesz has been a Southeast salmon drift gillnetter for 25 years and direct-marketing her family’s salmon since 1999. She has also longlined for halibut, and fished Dungeness crab in Washington.

• After 30 years with the At-sea Processors Association, Jim Gilmore, its director of public affairs, announced his June 30 retirement.

During his tenure at the association, Gilmore directed public affairs and corporate social responsibility programs, which helped to establish the Alaska pollock industry’s leadership position in global seafood sustainability.

Gilmore will be replaced by Matt Tinning, the outgoing associate vice president for oceans at the Environmental Defense Fund.

• Seattle-based Ballard Industrial announced changes in its executive leadership in March, with Greg Hartje and Doug Freyberg assuming the role of Co-CEOs. Steve Berger took over as president and chief operating officer of the organization.

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attention on high-level strategic objectives, while Berger will assume day-to-day management of the organization and oversee execution of the strategy and vision.

• Alaska Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy announced his appointees to the Board of Fisheries in April. His nominations included Israel Payton of Wasilla, an employee of Airframes Alaska, who has been an advisory board member in the past and regular Board of Fish meeting participant; Marit Carlson-Van Dort, director of external affairs for Nana Regional Corp.; Gerad Godfrey of Eagle River, a Kodiak Island commercial fisherman, Vice Chair of the Afognak Native Corp.’s board of directors and former Gov. Bill Walker’s senior policy adviser on rural affairs; and Karl Johnstone of Anchorage, former member and chairman of the Board of Fisheries from 2008-15.

“The [nominees] are highly qualified and knowledgeable in their respective fields, and I believe they will

have Alaskan’s best interests in mind while serving on the Board of Fish,” said Dunleavy.

Johnstone’s nomination was rejected following allegations of sexual harassment during his last term on the board.

• Washington Sea Grant, in partnership with KPTZ in Port Townsend, Wash., has launched Coastal Cafe, a sciencebased radio program focusing on regional marine science news.

Hosts Aaron Barnett and MaryAnn Wagner will explore science with researchers, policy experts and people who live and work on the coast about issues affecting Washington coastal communities and the natural environment. The taped interviews will air twice monthly and is available as a podcast.

• The Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers had $1 million in funding approved by its

response times during medical emergencies is crucial for patients through the Aleutians and surrounding areas,” said CEO Russell Edwards.

• An innovative new fisheries loan program announced in March will extend loans to new entrants and community-based vessel owners in Southeast Alaska.

The Local Fish Fund — a collaborative effort spearheaded by Sitka-based Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust — aims to reduce barriers to entry into commercial fisheries and engage the next generation of fish harvesters in marine stewardship and policy leadership.

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The investment will fund 12 unique projects that bring wild Alaska pollock to new consumers and new channels over the next year.

• LifeMed Alaska now provides year-round medevac service to the Aleutians. The air ambulance service has operated a seasonal base in Unalaska during commercial fishing seasons and openings.

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1989 velop projects addressing global marine debris and marine mammal issues. Organizations from Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Germany are considering joining the new coalition.

FEBRUARY

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ederal investigators have brought to a head a fish sting operation and arrested two men they suspect were plotting to sell as much as 24 million pounds of illegal Taiwanese-caught salmon over the next two years to markets in Europe and Japan. Alaska fishermen have suspected Taiwanese highseas squid boats of targeting salmon that would’ve returned to U.S. streams,

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f you’re in, you’re in — if you’re out, you’re out, maybe. That’s the message the North Pacific Fishery Management Council sent to the domestic industry Jan. 17 when it voted to set an immediate cut-off date for entrance into the groundfish and crab fisheries of the North Pacific. Vessels in the pipeline may or may not be considered on an individual basis. While the date might be changed down the road, regulators are giving notice that they plan to pump the brakes on new development, and anyone investing is doing so at their own risk.

— Use drugs? Urine big trouble.

New Coast Guard regulations rolling out this year will require employers to subject skippers and crewmen on uninspected fishing boats over 200 net tons to pre-employment and unannounced random drug testing. For those work10

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ing on smaller boats, drug testing will now be required after “serious marine incidents” — blood, breath or urine samples can be requested, and failure to comply will be taken seriously to avoid loss of license and civil penalties.

Fishery associations from five countries have formed a collaboration to work on global problems facing the fishing industry. Associations from Japan, China, Canada, Korea and the United States met in Amsterdam last October and are now working to de-

and most are happy headway has finally been made on the case.

— Skipper Dean Anderson and the crew of the F/V Susan Gale put their seiner in the right spot during the last Togiak roe herring season, netting the biggest single herring haul in the history of the fishery — capturing a 660ton school of spawning silver with one set. He didn’t get them all, though. The crew will try again this year, with state officials predicting a total harvest of 13,500 tons.

— A massive weather system that plunged the entire state of Alaska into a severe cold spell in January could mean trouble for salmon in 1993 and 1994. In Bristol Bay, biologists are hoping that an unusually heavy snow pack might have protected spawning grounds. But right now it’s too early to guess the winter’s impact on those future salmon runs.

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apanese officials have once again threatened to embargo U.S. seafood products and resume unrestricted salmon fishing beyond their 200-mile EEZ if the United States does not allow their salmon driftnet fleet back into U.S. waters. In response, Alaska Rep.

Don Young said, “The U.S. should not accept threats from a nation whose vessels are killing thousands of salmon, birds and marine mammals on the high seas.”

— The oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef on March 24, spilling at least 10.8 million gallons of crude oil into the water over several days.

— They’re not on the endangered species list yet, but the Alaska Board of Fisheries recognized that rockfish are severely threatened in Southeast waters and placed numerous restrictions on the state rockfish harvest. Measures adopted in Petersburg include the closure of Sitka Sound and the greater Ketchikan area. A lucrative Chinese market for the fish has led to stock depletion in the past decade.

— Harpooning a piece of the East Coast fish market may be just the edge Alaska processors need to stabilize the volatile groundfish industry in Kodiak. The region’s Eagle Fisheries is spearheading a marketing effort for the

renamed “Alaska sole.” “They know about Alaska cod and pollock, but flatfish is the new kid. It’s never been successfully marketed before,” said Eagle Fisheries Plant Manager Brian Parsons.

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he University of Alaska Fairbanks has dispatched a research vessel to begin comprehensive studies of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound. Scientists have been studying the potential effects of a crude oil

spill in the region for years and will be able to predict major issues after their six-day cruise.

— “‘The Prostitution of Alaska’ would be an appropriate title for a book describing the self-destructive willingness of the Alaska people and their government representatives to allow oil companies to rape and plunder this beautiful state,” wrote Jeanne M. Folan of Anchorage in a scathing letter to AFJ in the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

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FEATURES / FROM

— With production of farmed Atlantic salmon from countries like Norway, Chile, Canada and Scotland predicted to increase dramatically by 1990, producers are eying markets now dominated by wild Alaska salmon. Economists warn it could mean increased competition and lower prices ahead for Alaska’s commercial fishermen.

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1989 fishermen by early May. “I take everything they say with a grain of salt,” says fisherman Kevin Suydam. “Because to date, what they do and what they say are two different things.”

— Veteran fisherman and columnist Roger Fitzgerald gives readers the tip on another one of his “seafood miracles:” Shark oil is a cure for the common hangover. “Not only does shark elixir eliminate hangovers, but is guaranteed to give you a youthful complexion.

Have you ever seen a shark with wrinkled skin?” he writes.

His plans were marketing the elixir (pending FDA approval), get rich and move to Costa Rica.

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n original AFJ board game challenges players to race their competition from Ketchikan to Bethel to win a free trip to Hawaii. All you need is a dime to play (used for both a player piece and flipping coin). If you don’t have a dime, you probably spoke to the press and lost your Exxon charter.

— Pollution expert Dr. Donald C. Malins rejects the contentions of oil industry executives and petroleum-friendly politicians that “the ocean will cleanse itself.” “It’s preposterous to make the statement that the oil will somehow be taken care of by nature,” he says.

“This is absolute rubbish.”

— Opilio crab continued its reign as the nation’s most valuable crab fishery when 141 million pounds were tallied at

the season’s close. At about 75 cents per pound, the fishery will likely top the $100 million mark for the second year in a row. Last year, 136 million pounds of crab worth $110 million were harvested.

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he Bush administration has vowed to fight it, but a House committee has approved a one-year, fishermensupported moratorium against the development of oil leases on Bristol Bay. “I’m not going to let you do to Bristol Bay what they did to Prince William Sound,” said Mass. Rep. Silvio Conte in a debate prior to the 29 to 22 vote on the issue.

— Yukon River salmon will enter new and more profitable markets through a new processing plant near Galena. The plant will be the first on the river to legally sell fillets and smoked salmon. The plant has been pioneered

by Sidney Huntington, who hopes to

spur the local economy and create jobs for Alaskans at home “instead of giving them to the Japanese.”

— Post-Exxon Valdez, Kodiak deckhands are living a life in limbo that is

absent of fish and money. “We’re being ignored by Exxon and left in the dark by our skippers,” said Dan Graves of the F/V Miss Kerri. “We don’t know if we’re going to get paid and by whom.”

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olumnist Ron Rau floats the idea of converting the Exxon Valdez into an oil skimmer or escort tanker. More realistically, he suggests oil companies be required to provide harbor skimmers for every boat harbor in the United States.

While neither option was likely to be paid for by Big Oil, Rau had some designs drawn up just in case.

— Though no salmon have been contaminated during test fisheries conducted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, seine gear in the Kodiak management area has been so grossly contami-

1989 nated that with the single exception of Olga-Moser Bay, fishermen here lost their entire season.

— Ralph Andrew gets paid about six cents a salmon, but he doesn’t complain.

In fact, he thinks he’s lucky to have the job. But Andrew doesn’t catch fish, he just counts them working ADF&G’s Wood River tower. While they aren’t out fishing, this AFJ profile of fish counters shows that they’re proud to contribute to the fishing industry in their own way.

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rocessing urchin roe profitably in Alaska remains a prickly problem.

The urchins are there — millions of them — the divers are there, and the product is valuable. Unfortunately, the state’s logistical challenges and high labor costs have pared profits so thin that no processer has been willing to buy urchins for more than a season or two.

— A container load of frozen Alaska seafood will be used to test the feasibil-

ity of an Arctic shipping route from the Pacific Rim to Europe. The idea is the brainchild of Unalaska Mayor Paul Fuhs, who wants to take advantage of Dutch Harbor’s strategic location on the great circle between the United States, Japan and the Soviet Union’s extensive fleet of icebreaking cargo ships.

— Shrimper Andy Greinier stays clear of this wolf eel’s bear-trap jaw. He and his father were fishing for shrimp outside Southeast’s Wrangell Narrows aboard their 78-year-old dory schooner Charles W. OCTOBER

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ormer Southeast troller Harrison Smith was in an Australian supermarket when he came across cans of salmon from numerous Asian countries.

One can labeled Home Brand claimed to be pink salmon “caught in the Alaskan Waters” — after testing it turned out to be chum salmon from the high seas.

U.S. investigators, while seeing the brands as evidence of a directed highseas fishery, cannot investigate without agreement from foreign governments.

— GCS Electronics Inc. has announced the non-cellular GCS Mark II portable phone, which can make calls thousands of miles away and in some areas not covered by cellular. The 23-ounce phone “can be reached from any other phone in the world,” boasts the manufacturer.

— Southeast Alaska’s pink salmon harvest came in at 59.4 million fish, just under the all-time record of 60 million set 14

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in 1941. Fish tickets were still being entered as of Oct. 12.

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eporter Debra Page interviewed trollers in Elfin Cove about the use of magic and superstition in the fishery.

One troller explains that the Finns named the hook-and-line salmon fishery “trolling” because a fisherman needed the luck of a troll to catch a king salmon that way.

Many modern, rational fishermen still won’t start a trip on a Friday, whistle in the wheelhouse or change a boat’s name.

— People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Neither should

fishermen in Kodiak Harbor — if they’re throwing them at newly protected sea lions. Fishermen John Reinertson has been issued the first fine for harassing sea lions under new Marine Mammal Protection Act rules. Reinertson said he was protecting himself, but a video surfaced of him enticing the sea lion to chase him.

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ow that foreign fishermen and nearly all foreign floating processors have been excluded from U.S. waters, the Pacific Fishery Management Council would like to know just how “American” some at-sea and shore based processors really are before it considers making allocation decisions. Whispers of illegal foreign investments and secret ownership has sparked calls for a general federal investigation into the potential conflict.

— “If we couldn’t have gotten to the brakes fast enough, we would’ve been killed,” said crewman Rob Horton of a close encounter between the F/V Re-

cruit and an anonymous submarine. The sub tangled in the fishing boat’s trawl net off the Washington coast, dragged the 89foot boat backward about 5 knots while her engines were still in forward, and never reported back to find out what happened in its wake.

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Inside Herman’s head and on the open road Once I Was Your Candy Color Dream Girl…

By Douglas Alan Herman International Minute Press Softcover; 67 pp. $17.95

Reviewed by Jessica Hathaway

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Douglas alan Herman

’ve had the pleasure to know Doug Herman and his adventuring partner and brother KJ Herman for several years now. There’s never any doubt in my mind that when one of them reaches out to me, I’m about to hear a wild story.

We’ve published a few of those tales in these pages over the years. Doug — who also happens to be a dead ringer for Owen Wilson — lives the dream, fishing Alaska in the summer, heading to warmer climes come winter, and documenting it all with his own photography and essays.

“Sadly, my writing does not seem to appeal to editors of those glossy magazines,” Doug writes in his preface of this collection of essays written over a 15-year span. I quote his preface with irony here. Unless, that is, we don’t count as a glossy magazine. Too covered in fish guts, perhaps.

We tend to stick to his essays on the Alaska fishing life, but this collection grabs slices of his full spectrum. And I do

KJ Herman, skipper of the F/V Windward and brother of the author, takes soak in the hot springs near the old Port Moller, Alaska, cannery. This photo ran with an essay on page 14 of our Fall 2018 issue of North Pacific Focus.

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jobs in 40 years.

“I Once Was Your Technicolor Dream Girl” — the first essay as well as the name of the collection — is written from the perspective of a classic, chromed-out American car. That vehicle that carries these fishermen-adventurers from one wild ride to the next — including exploring the history of possible alien touchdowns in this hemisphere, searching for a Canadian freshwater sea monster, and naturally, making a low-budget independent film about road-tripping.

Incidentally, the West to East coast road trip that inspired the film was made in exchange for skipping a lucrative summer fishing season in Kodiak.

It seemed a risky bet at the time to skip out on a guaranteed decent paycheck. But as it turned out, the boat Doug was supposed to fish on was the scene of a double stabbing that season. You can’t make this stuff up, folks.

“Life is a gamble; place your bets,” Doug writes, reflecting on that fortunate (though not fortune-filled) turn of events.

“Every morning that we roll out of bed, we gamble. Every day we roll down the road to work, we gamble... We bet on ourselves. We roll the dice. We turn a corner in our life. We take a calculated risk and throw caution to the wind.”

The film, of course, was called “Caution to the Wind.”

And you can find it, thanks to Google and Amazon.

This collection is sure to entertain any fisherman but also anyone who wishes they could moonlight as the companion to a thrill-seeking fisherman on the loose. You can take that opportunity here, gamble-free.

What’s not to love about a book that opens and closes with an epitaph from a Colonial tombstone?

“Remember me as you pass by As you are now so once was I. As I am now so you will be Prepare for death and follow me.”

Live your life. Place your bets. Take some risks.

Jessica Hathaway is the editor in chief of Pilothouse Guide and National Fisherman.

Fishtown folk with a familiar ring Home is Where the Fish Are

By Christi Slaven Self-Published Softcover; 168 pp. $11.99

Reviewed by Jessica Hathaway

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his novel is a little gem from Christi Slaven of Southeast Alaska. And it comes just in time to be added to your summer reading list. The Lower 48 may be looking for beach reads, but summer reading on a fishing boat is anything that can be picked up and put down in a hurry or in the rare sweet moment of peace in the bunk before the sweet rush of sleep too long delayed.

If you’re a member of the onshore delegation of a commercial fishing family, maybe the summer season is your opportunity to enjoy a little quiet time (assuming you can convince your kids or other responsibilities to let you have some). If that’s the case, this might be exactly the summer indulgence you’ve been looking for.

Slaven blends her knowledge of small Alaska fishing towns and commercial fishing life with a flair for storytelling and an insight into the human heart that make this story both believable and thoroughly entertaining.

The semifictional fishtown neighbors who star in “Home is Where the Fish Are” tell the stories of how the fishing life ripples through communities, where families intersect like the roads that criss-cross along the waterfront. Slaven herself is from Petersburg, Alaska. She fished with her husband and two daughters for 15 years, teaching school in the off-season.

(Only in a real fishing town do they call the nine months of the school year the “off-season.”)

It’s apparent in just the opening pages that Slaven kept a close eye on the characters and characteristics of coastal Alaska fishing towns. You know these people in an instant.

I’ve never met a married couple that hasn’t argued about division of labor. Constrain those arguments by deck and rails, and the fight gets close, loud and personal in a hurry, as the opening lines of this novel reveal.

“Earl hunched over the steel salmon gaff and sharpening file in his lap and tried to let her words roll over him.

He knew the litany by heart, each syllable a drumbeat of accusation. “‘Years of puking my guts out over the rail, busting my knuckles, yelled at, cussed at, being treated like a two-bit, greenhorn deckhand and biting my tongue. And where did my share of the profits go, Earl? Where did my vacations to Mexico go?’”

Individual fishing quotas create a fulcrum for the ebb and flow of relationships in this coastal town, starting with a fisherman’s (semifictional) editorial warning about the deleterious effects of IFQs on the industry. As it turns out, they would change whole communities in unpredictable ways that Slaven teases out in these pages.

Jessica Hathaway is the editor in chief of Pilothouse Guide and National Fisherman.

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THE JAPANESE ART OF FISH PRINTING

A Life Among Fishes: The Art of Gyotaku

By Christopher Dewees Goff Books Hardcover; 179 pp. $50

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often encounter people seeing my fish prints for the first time and they have no idea how they are done.

Visitors think they are woodblock prints or painstakingly completed illustrations. When I describe the process, they often exclaim, “You use the real fish!” So here is a bit of information to clarify how these mono prints are done.

Japanese fish printing, or gyotaku, was probably first done in the mid-1800s in Japan to celebrate fishes caught for a samurai lord’s feast.The term comes from gyo which means fish and taku which means rubbing or impression. While gyotaku is often associated with fish, it really is a set

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of printing techniques that are applied to a wide variety of subjects. Examples include shellfish, plants, fossils, rocks, mammals, and man-made objects.

The techniques may have evolved from old Chinese stone rubbing processes dating back 2,000 years or, more likely, were created independently in Japan during the mid-nineteenth century.

This would make gyotaku one of Japan’s youngest art forms.

Over the past 70 years, artists in Japan and elsewhere have refined these techniques into a sophisticated art form.

Among the most important early gyotaku artists was Kouyou Inada who mastered indirect gyotaku methods in the 1940s and 1950s. Inada mentored current master printer Boshu Nagase who has further refined and shared the methods.

The key person in bringing gyotaku to North America was Dr. Yoshio Hiyama, a fellow marine fisheries biologist at To-

kyo University.

He was one of the founders of Gyotaku-no-kai, an organization of Japanese fish printers. Dr. Hiyama partnered with Mrs. John Roemhild Canning, scientific illustrator and artist with the Smithsonian, to curate a show of gyotaku at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City in 1956. In 1964 Janet Canning helped Dr. Hiyama publish an English language version of his seminal work, “Gyotaku: The Art and Technique of the Japanese Fish Print,” published by the University of Washington Press. I learned gyotaku from this book. By the early 1970s, I started a regular correspondence with Dr. Hiyama about techniques and materials and even participated in one of the Gyotaku-nokai annual exhibitions in Japan. In the mid-1970s, with the assistance of Japan Airlines, Hiyama sent me a copy of the

large format gyotaku book he edited. At the same time he put me in touch with Pennsylvania plant printer and naturalist Robert Little, as well as Santa Barbarabased gyotaku artist and invertebrate biologist Dr. F.G. (Eric) Hochberg Jr. Bob, Eric, and I became good friends and this led to the formation of the Nature Printing Society in 1976.

Other Japanese-based fish printers who strongly influenced my work were Tosei Hamada and Mineo Ryuka Yamamoto. Hamada’s subtle compositions in muted colors inspired my understated style. His gyotaku “File Fish” from our Smithsonian exhibition hangs in my studio. Yamamoto is a tireless gyotaku ambassador to the world, sharing his techniques, materials and ideas generously. I have learned much from him. In 2010, he generously hosted us with a small group of printers for a week of printing in his studio in Japan. At that time we were privileged to meet master printer Boshu Nagase, who illustrated the Australian natural history guide “Fishes of the Antarctic” with amazing gyotaku.

Once gyotaku became known and practiced in North America, Europe, and beyond, often through the Nature Printing Society, artists began to innovate and to merge techniques and materials. Many nature printers came from the much older (at least 600 years old) art of nature printing. The history of nature printing, primarily done with plants, is thoroughly documented in Roderick Cave’s excellent 2010 book “Impressions of Nature.”

He mentioned gyotaku at the end of his book and urged a study of its origins and methods.

Once the much younger Japanese art of gyotaku, with its relatively traditional

Four sockeye in the stream. Oncorhynchus nerka. 2013 Port Lions, Kodiak Island, Alaska. Indirect print.

methodologies, arrived in the bubbling melting pot of North America, new approaches and experiments led to many unique styles. For example, Heather Fortner pioneered the use of daubers rather than brushes to apply inks with the direct gyotaku method. Master fine art printer Robert Cale (1940-1990) used brayers (rollers) to apply inks of varying viscosities to fish.This gave great richness and depth to his stunning gyotaku.

Gyotaku Methods and Techniques There are two primary gyotaku techniques. The direct method involves applying inks directly onto the fish. The indirect method involves applying inks to paper or fabric that has been placed over the top of the fish.

When deciding between using the direct or indirect method, the texture of the fish is important. To me, the indirect is preferable with fish that have very fine relief (i.e. trout) or those with extremely slick surfaces (i.e. tuna, jacks, or mackerel). Both methods will work on these fish, but with different outcomes.

The Direct Method (choksetsu-ho)

Dr. Yoshio Hiyama, Tokyo University Professor of Fisheries Biology and founder of Gyotaku-no-kai.

This method involves brushing, daubing, or rolling water-soluble or watercleanup inks directly onto a clean and dry fish or other object. Paper or fabric is then laid over the top of the fish and the ink is transferred by gently rubbing

with one’s fingers. The paper is removed and the eye is painted in by hand. After printing, the fish is often cleaned off, filleted, and consumed.

Direct Gyotaku Instructions with Water-soluble Inks Materials 1. Fish. If you or someone else catches the fish, keep it chilled on ice for up to 48 hours. Otherwise, wrap the fish securely and freeze; it will print well when thawed. If you are buying fish, look for bright eyes, red gill color, and little or no damage. Many Asian markets specialize in whole fish. Select fish that are relatively flat and have prominent scales, spines, and fins. Good choices for beginners are perch, bluegill, bass, rockfish, small snappers, and flounders (5-10 inches). Tuna, salmon, and trout are more challenging.

2. Salt or dish detergent for cleaning off the fish.

3. Water-soluble block printing inks such as those made by Speedball, available from most art stores or online art supply sites. I prefer black to start with to practice basic techniques, but these inks are available in a wide range of colors.

4. Strong but flexible papers made in Asia for your final prints: examples include mulberry, kozo, unryu, and goyu.

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Gather your materials and use newspaper to protect your workspace.

Make sure you have set up your printing area with newspaper or plastic to protect the table surface.

5. If you prefer to print on fabric, choose finely woven materials such as silk, fine cotton, muslin or synthetics (Tshirts will work).

6. Speedball Fabric Block Printing Ink is a good choice for printing on fabric.

7. A minimum of two brushes: one large flat bright brush (size 10; 1/2" to 1") for applying ink to the fish and one small brush (size 0 or smaller) for painting the eyes. I recommend a different brush for each color used in the fish print and different sized brushes if you are doing very small or large fish.

8. Plastalina or other modeling clay to support the fins.

9. Small pins or super glue to hold the fins in place.

10. Newsprint or paper towels for practice prints.

Apply ink head to tail. Take care to leave the eye blank..

2. Next lay the fish out on the printing area. Carefully spread out the fins to observe their shape. Form the Plastalina modeling clay into shapes approximating the open fins to support them at the level of the fish. Adhere the fins to the clay using small pins or a dab of super glue. Trim away any excess clay to avoid printing it.

3. Now that the fish is set up, you need to protect against leaking from the anus, gills, and nostrils. It is a good idea to put pieces of paper towel under the gill cover to absorb any blood or moisture.

If you are using super glue you can also glue the gill cover shut. Small pieces of paper towel can also be used to absorb liquid from the nostril and anus. Some printers use super glue on these openings also.

Procedure Now you are ready to ink the fish. I recommend making and saving several practice prints on newsprint or paper towels to “learn� the fish and adjust your

Lay paper over the fish and rub carefully with your fingers.

techniques. The added bonus is that the practice prints remove any excess moisture that remains on the fish, leading eventually to clearer prints. Be patient, the prints are likely to improve over time.

1. Start by spreading a thin coat of unthinned ink on the fish from the head towards the tail. Leave the eye blank; you will paint this in later with the small brush. (Some people cover the eye with a piece of tape or even remove the eyeball). I ink the body first and then ink the fins last because the fins dry more quickly.

2. Once you have inked the entire fish, then brush back from the tail towards the head.This catches the ink around the edges of the scales and spines and leads to a crisper, more detailed print. The contrast between light and dark emphasizes the fish structure. While brushing from tail to head, periodically remove excess ink from your brush with a paper towel.

The moment of printing has arrived!

Preparation These first three steps are critical to creating successful gyotaku. Careful preparation of the fish will increase your likelihood of success.

1. First step is to clean off the fish using dish soap and water and/or salt. Salt absorbs the mucus and excess moisture from the fish. After rinsing off the soap or salt, pat the fish as dry as possible with paper towels. Make sure you have set up your printing area with newspaper or plastic to protect the table surface.

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When you are done rubbing the fish, carefully remove the paper from the head to tail. You can paint in the eye with a small brush.

3. Consider where you want the fish to appear on the paper and carefully place the paper over the top of the fish. Using your fingertips, rub the paper firmly over the entire fish. Be careful to not move the paper excessively or wrinkle the paper. With larger, rounder-bodied fish you may find that you will have to shift the paper a bit to avoid wrinkles.

However, you want to avoid printing areas more than once, especially in the head area. I start my printing at the head (with the head on my left) and print clockwise around the edges of the fish.

Others start at the tail. Do whatever you are most comfortable with.

4. When you are done rubbing the fish, carefully remove the paper from the head to tail. Examine the results, adjust your approach, re-ink the fish, and do another print. You should be able to do at least five prints from the same fish.

When you are done printing the fish, wash it off and either prepare it for din-

Pacific Halibut. Hippoglossus stenolepis. 1999. Port Lions, Kodiak Island. Direct print.

ner (filet and skin) or freeze it for additional printing sessions.

The Indirect Method (kansetsu-ho) This method begins by placing fabric, usually silk, or paper over the top of the clean dry fish. The silk or paper is then moistened and gently molded to the fish with a soft sponge and al-

lowed to dry. Several layers of oilbased inks of different colors are then applied with cotton-filled silk tampos.

The print is then removed and the eye painted in with a brush. The fish is often prepared for dinner afterwards.

Results from the two methods differ significantly. Direct prints are often monochromatic and relatively muted in tone. This is how I started and con-

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Place silk over fish, moisten with mister, then adhere with a sponge.

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the fabric or paper with water (preferably distilled water) before adhering it to the fish.

4. A fine textured cosmetic sponge for adhering the silk or paper to the fish.

5. Tampos you make from cotton/ polyester covered with silk and secured with rubber bands. Place silk over fish and moisten with mister, then adhere with cosmetics sponge.

Printing Process Wash, dry and set up the fish in the same way as done for the direct method.

Moisten the fabric thoroughly with mister and adhere fabric firmly to the fish using the cosmetic sponge. Take care to avoid any wrinkles or bubbles.

Let fabric dry naturally or speed up the process with a hair dryer. If the fabric comes loose, re-wet and try again. If it still fails to adhere, try a thin coat of water soluble rice glue.

Apply inks to the fish using numerous light taps with the tampos. Use blotting paper to avoid printing off the edge of the fish. Use a different tampo for each color. I usually start with the lightest color first and build up layers of color. Before you print decide on the color pattern you want to achieve. Avoid printing the eye.

Remove the fabric or paper from the fish, starting at the head and moving towards the tail. If you are using paper be very careful to avoid tears.You may need to lightly and indirectly remoisten the paper to gently remove it.

You can then iron (silk setting) the fabric for 30 seconds, covering the print

Grafftopsail Pompano. Trachinotus rhodopus. 2016. Baja California, Mexico.

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with a piece of blank newsprint. This will set the ink. The fabric can then be mounted to a paper backing using rice paste or wheat paste. There are framing shops, specializing in Asian arts, that can use these reversible water soluble meth-

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FEATURES / ON DECK

LET THERE BE LIGHT

Experts weigh in on how to right-size your lights and check for radio interference

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BY PAUL MOLYNEAUX

n the last 10 years LED lights have come a long way in efficiency, with many now producing more than 150 lumens per watt. They have become standard equipment on commercial fishing vessels, but the technology was not developed for fishing. As is often the case, the technologies used in fishing are initially built for other applications.

“We started building lights for the oil industry in Alberta,” says Mike Morris, president of DuraBrite, one of the most popular LED brands in Maine and the Canadian Maritimes. “When the price of oil dropped, things shut down out there, and people stopped buying our lights. I was in big trouble, I had a new baby, and was about to go out of business.”

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According to Morris, an oil industry customer gave his DuraBrite lights to a fisherman. “This guy called me from Manasquan, my backyard. He said he was picking up reflectors from over a mile, and told me to come see him.

He told me all the benefits of our lights.” Morris describes seeing the light, so to speak. DuraBrite’s low weight, low power draw, and the high intensity of LEDs made them a perfect fit for the fishing industry. “We’re making a light now that can pick up a reflector at two miles,” he says.

Morris and his partners launched the New Jersey-based DuraBrite in 2014, as a spin-off from Sensitron, an electronics manufacturer for the military and aerospace industries. “We don’t know any different than to build mission critical,” he says.

ON DECK According to Morris, DuraBrite started selling big in the Canadian Maritimes. “Then Maine, now we’re all the way down to Virginia. Fishermen started buying our lights,” he says. “And we haven’t done any advertising. It’s all word of mouth.” Morris credits the commercial fishing industry, which now accounts for 65 percent of DuraBrite’s sales, with saving his business.

“We’re winning, and the fishermen are winning,” he says. “Those big metal halide lights a lot of guys were using need a lot of power. Now they can eliminate those bigger gensets. I’ve had a guy tell me he saved $100,000 in building a new boat because he didn’t need a big genset, and the extra space, to run his lights.”

In addition to serving a customer

DuraBrite President Mike Morris credits the commercial fishing industry for the company’s survival.

base in the Northeast, DuraBrite is building amber lights for boats fishing out of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

DuraBrite Lighting SoLutionS PhotoS

The benefits of LED lights — durability, efficiency and light weight — have made them standard equipment in the commercial fishing industry.

The crabber F/V Islet Point in Vallejo, Calif., sports an array of LEDs for spotting buoys in low visibility.

“Because of the weather, the white reflected back too much, so they asked us for amber. We’re making those for them,” says Morris.

The most popular DuraBrite light is the standard, a 35,000-lumen, 270watt white light that Morris states can hit a reflector at over a mile. Morris believes the company’s new light, the 50,000-lumen Pro, will pick up targets as far away as two miles.

But it’s not all good news when it comes to LEDs. In August 2018, the U.S. Coast Guard put out a bulletin warning that EMI (electromagnetic interference) from LED lights can block some VHF and AIS signals.

“There are a lot of manufacturers out there who are aware of the EMI problem and who are making products that address it,” says Derrick Croinex, chief of spectrum management and telecommunications with the Coast Guard. Nonetheless, the service put out a warning and advised boat owners to conduct a simple test to see if their LED lights are interfering with their electronics.

1. Turn off LED light(s).

2. Tune the VHF radio to a quiet channel (e.g. Channel 13).

3. Adjust the VHF radio’s squelch control until the radio outputs audio noise.

4. Readjust the VHF radio’s squelch control until the audio noise is quiet, only slightly above the noise threshold.

5. Turn on the LED light(s).

6. If the radio now outputs audio noise, then the LED lights have raised the noise floor. (Noise floor is generally the amount of interfering signals/ static received beyond the specific signal or channel being monitored.)

7. If the radio does not output audio noise, then the LED lights have not raised the noise floor.

“It takes less than 5 minutes,” says Croinex.

In addition, the Coast Guard has asked volunteers to provide information about their experiences with EMI. “So far we’ve gotten about 30 responses back. The majority had interference. This appears to be a real problem,” says Croinex, but he notes that there have, as yet, been no acciJULY 2019 / PILOTHOUSE GUIDE

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A lot of what’s being

designed is for landbased applications where it would never be near a radio. Somebody puts it on their boat, and they’ve got a problem.

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— Ramon Surrey, Hella Marine

then heats up again. We reject materials that develop stress cracks when subjected to these conditions.” Hella uses a high thermal performance ceramic polymer housing and incorporates a

Hella maRine

dents reported from LED interference with VHF or AIS. “We hoped to be able to identify some patterns,” says Croinex. “But the problem we’re having is that so many people are making these now, and there is no standard in place that is required for maritime use.”

According to DuraBrite’s Mike Morris, the EMI problem comes from people installing cheap LEDs. “We’ve sold thousands and only two or three have had problems,” he says. “And it turned out those were not grounded.”

Duncan Sterling, marketing manager at Hella Marine, a New Zealandbased marine lighting manufacturer, responded to a story about the EMI warning on the Professional Mariner website, in which a Coast Guard consultant says, “this is a tsunami waiting to break over the United States and we don’t even know we have a problem.”

“I’ve been with the company for 10 years, and we’ve always known about EMI. When we saw the recent Coast Guard warning, we agreed with them,” says Sterling. “Our lamps are built specifically for the marine environment, and are tested in extreme conditions.”

“We don’t just test for water resistance, but under pressure, too,” says Hella Marine product manager, Ramon Surrey. “And temperatures from minus 20 to 80 Centigrade. “The lamp could be running hot and then a wave hit it, and it cools quickly and

Ramon SuRRey, Hella maRine

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Hella lights are designed to operate near background noise levels, avoiding the 156- to 162-MHz frequencies where VHF and AIS operate.

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number of design features aimed at increasing longevity and reducing EMI. “A lot of what’s being designed is for land-based applications where it would never be near a radio. Somebody puts it on their boat, and they’ve got a problem,” says Surrey. “We don’t overpower our lamps,” he says. “The amount of current has to be regulated, or it can interfere with the VHF and AIS. If there’s too much current, it gets transferred into noise that can create EMI and interfere with your electronics.” VHF and AIS run between 156 and 162 MHz, Surrey points out. “We aim to make our products quiet around that level. Otherwise, it can block out weak signals. We design our circuit boards specifically to minimize EMI.” In terms of longevity, “it’s all about thermal management,” says Surrey.

With incandescent lights, heat escapes through radiation. LED lights may feel cool in front of the light itself, but they still get hot at the thermal junction where the printed circuit board connects to the LED itself. That heat has to be conducted away. “We try to minimize the junction temperature,” says Surrey.

Surrey points out that there are many parts of an LED light assembly that can fail, and he goes a long way to educate consumers on how to judge LED lights. “If you see a number telling you the lifetime of an LED, it might say 50,000 hours. But that is just the LED. If the circuit board or the housing fail, the lamp won’t work, even though the LED might. So those numbers can be meaningless.”

He also suggests that while consumers may use lumens, the measure of a light’s illuminating power, to make a decision on a light, those numbers can also be misleading. “You have to ask, where are you getting your lumen count. If a light has 10 3-watt LEDs rated at 100 lumens per watt, but then you can’t run it at 3 watts because it’s too hot, you lose lumens.” Surrey points out that poor optics and circuitry can also diminish lumens. “After half an hour, you may end up with 1,500 lumens from your 3,000-lumen light.”

Another measure is the lux value on the ground — the amount of light

ON DECK

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There are some

standards. But they do not adequately address the problem. We’re working with the FCC bodies to develop

DuraBrite Lighting SoLutionS

and several international

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international standards.

— Joe Hersey Jr., U.S. Coast Guard

reaching the area you want lit. According to Surrey, Hella tests only the lumens escaping after half an hour.

“We find we can light an area more effectively with less lumens,” he says.

“Quality manufacturers will give you the actual lumens and lux values.”

The Coast Guard wants to get the kind of information that those quality manufacturers are offering, especially in regard to EMI, to the people buying and installing LEDs on fishing boats.

“We want to get the word out,” says Croinex. “The problem we have is that there are no standards to speak of.”

But that may soon change. According to Joe Hersey Jr., a telecommunications consultant with the Coast

Boatbuilder and fisherman Nick Lemieux installs several DuraBrite LEDs atop a new lobster boat in Cutler, Maine.

Guard, several different agencies are developing standards that would guide manufacturers and consumers. “There are some standards,” Hersey says.

“But they do not adequately address the problem. We’re working with the FCC and several international bodies to develop international standards.”

Hersey works in an alphabet soup of agencies that work independently and together. The Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services, he explains, works closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission.

“The RTCM will meet in May to establish standards. They will be looking at the frequencies of the LED lights and distance from antenna systems. I expect them to publish the standards in a year or two.”

While many LED manufacturers appear to be ahead of the curve on standards, most are eager to have established standards to guide consumers and installers.

Paul Molyneaux is the Boats & Gear editor for Pilothouse Guide and National Fisherman.

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FEATURES / YOUNGBLOODS

THE BATTLE FOR BETTER QUALITY

BY MARIE ROSE

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could smell fish before he even threw me his bow line, which was thoroughly stained with blood and an apparent magnet for the guts that crawled back and forth across the deck of his old wooden boat. Our manager looked at him sternly and signaled him toward her after we’d begun off-loading his fish. It wasn’t the first time we had to address the quality of his fish; but grudgingly, we bought it.

Again. Working underneath the umbrella of an enormous fish-buying operation, we didn’t really have the authority to turn boats away, unless they posed a threat to us as a crew.

I come from a long line of farmers and woodworkers in the Midwest. Fishing was a new gig for me, but I was immediately attracted to the troll fleet. I imagined trollers being as meticulous with their fish as my grandfathers must have been with their crafts, taking the long route for the absolute best-quality product. When I told my dad about a friend of mine who was building his cabin with only a hammer and nails, he responded, “That’s how your grandfather would have done it.” And while I only knew my grandfather for a short stint of my childhood, I like to think he was admired for his integrity the same way I value fishermen whose fish look as if they are still swimming as they pour onto our metal tray.

Wild salmon are the reason I moved to Alaska. I had never lived somewhere with a resource that builds such a universal connection between neighbors the way fishing seems to. It is invaluable to have a resource that fills our chest freezers and bellies year-round; a true investment for our present and future health and well-being. I often wonder if those who were born and raised with salmon swimming in their backyard realize just how magical it is to live here.

Despite my love for this state, as well as the fishing culture that is slowly weaving itself into my routine, there are some things I wish I could un-see. Like any industry, the fishing world has its shadows. And if you weren’t born into

Author Marie Rose is focused on ways to improve quality in Alaska’s troll fleet with careful, consistent handling.

the industry, or haven’t been a part of it long enough to see the biggest ups and downs of the small fishing towns where everyone grows old (or apart) together, it is hard to feel as if you can even have a voice on issues that are obvious but really only whispered.

Having off-loaded fish from dozens of boats in the fleet, I learned quickly the extent to which levels of quality vary among fishermen. Sure, there are some things that are out of our control: scars left from battles before us, and the occasional race with hungry predators that leave half-eaten fish dragging at the end of the line. These instances aside though, the quality of a salmon from the point of being pulled from the water to the moment it is off-loaded and sold is entirely at the hands of fishermen.

I remember shaking my head in disappointment as my orange rubber gloves glazed across dozens of salmon that had

gone soft. The ice was almost entirely melted, and it looked as if he hadn’t scrubbed his deck all season.

I thought of my family in the Midwest, who, since my move to Alaska, go out of their way to purchase wild Alaska salmon instead of farmedraised. I angrily lifted the fish from the tray and into totes, icing their bellies but knowing there was no way to reverse the poor treatment toward these resilient fish. Was it my greenhorn status that made this observation so staggering?

I could feel my heart throb even more intensely than my aching hands.

His fish were iced on top of the fish I had off-loaded earlier in the day from a friend’s boat. A friend whose fish literally glowed like stained glass as they were transported from his immaculate hold onto our vessel.

They were so perfect it moved me to tears as they passed through my hands.

I was ashamed that these fish were all being packed into the same tote, with nothing but a blanket of ice dividing them. What will the next person who handles these fish think as they lay them out to be filleted and packaged?

Will they, too, wonder why there is such a stark difference from one layer to the next?

We all know that the quality of a salmon’s meat can be compromised by nets and rough handling, a result of hauling massive volumes aboard at one time; it is inevitable. But in a fishery where each fish is caught with a hook and line and individually pulled aboard, it is puzzling to try to understand exactly how some fish are mistreated.

It was equally puzzling to recognize that all fishermen in the fleet are paid on the same scale. I can’t help but believe it has, for decades, allowed some to lower their own standards of handling, a clear insult to the fishermen who consistently deliver a top-quality product. Who sets the standard for quality: the fish buyer or the fishermen?

It is our duty to give Alaska salmon the best reputation that we can in this world that has devastated wild salmon so thoroughly, and in this world where farmed salmon attempt to compete

Quality handling has become an increasingly discussed aspect of fishing recently, with many organizations making it their mission to set good standards.

with the superfood that swims freely in these icy waters.

I have spent a generous amount of time scanning seafood counters in the Midwest, and have been disappointed with the quality of Alaska salmon available. It is disheartening when it looks inferior to its neighbor in the glass case: a giant slab of farm-raised salmon.

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It is our duty to give

Alaska salmon the best reputation that we can in this world that has devastated wild salmon

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so thoroughly.

Despite the spectrum of reasons why we each choose to work in the commercial fishing industry, I am confident in saying that we all have pride in the work we do and the fish we represent. I don’t believe fishermen have ill-intentions for the fish they deliver, but I do believe that we all need to be more intentional about the

ways we handle the supreme salmon at the end of our lines. With so few places in the world where wild salmon still thrive, we are the lucky ones who have the opportunity to provide it for the dinner tables of families across the globe. I want consumers to trust us to bring the best product we can to their plates.

I also think we owe it to the salmon that have kept us (and this state) alive.

Salmon are essential to all of us in Alaska. They nurture our families, and they fertilize our forests. Ultimately, they are the ones who teach us how to live and work on nature’s clock; they choose the pace at which we move.

They are the gift of choice on holidays, and are the center of our family dinners and neighborhood potlucks, proving that they are best when shared.

[Editor’s Note: The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute offers a wide range of educational materials on quality handling, including videos, printable guides and posters. Visit AlaskaSeafood.org and click on Quality.]

Marie Rose is a co-owner of Shoreline Wild Salmon, a fish buyer based in Pelican, Alaska, who works to promote top-quality troll-caught salmon in the Midwest and beyond. She lives in Haines in the offseason.

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While markets for Alaska seafood are generally strong, competition with seafood from other countries remains fierce, and trade disputes continue to distract. In July 2018, Alaska seafood exports to China were hit with a 25 percent tariff, and imports from China were subject to 10 to 25 percent tariff.

Most major Alaska seafood products — including frozen finfish (salmon, pollock, cod, sablefish, rockfish, flatfish) roe, geoduck, sea cucumber, scallops, crab species and fishmeal — were affected, while a few fresh products were exempt. China is Alaska seafood’s largest export market, and ASMI has worked for 25 years to build a premium brand there. Many in the Alaska seafood industry have reported cancellations and delays in sales as a result. ASMI is keeping a close watch on the China tariffs as the situation continues to develop.

In response to the China tariffs, federal funds became available through the Agricultural Trade Program. ASMI applied for these funds, and was awarded more than $5 million in funding to use over the next three years to offset losses by the China trade dispute. One of the ways ASMI is using these funds is to develop new export and reprocessing markets. For example, ASMI is

As always, the fleet remains the frontline for spreading the word about Alaska seafood. On the home front, one of the ways fishermen

can help maintain and increase Alaska seafood’s global standing in the marketplace is through quality.

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DIRECTORY OF FISHING ORGANIZATIONS ALASKA BERING SEA CRABBERS

4005 20th Ave. W., Suite 102 Seattle, WA 98199 (206) 783-0188 info@alaskaberingseacrabbers.com www.alaskaberingseacrabbers.org Jamie Goen, Executive Director ABSC members are vigilant stewards of our crab resources and the environment, provide economic stability to our industry and Alaska’s coastal communities and produce premier crab products for American and global customers. The organization is involved in all aspects of crab fishery research, sound management and marketing.

ALASKA COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN’S MEMORIAL IN JUNEAU

P.O. Box 20092 Juneau, AK 99802 (907) 463-5566 akcfmemorial@gmail.com www.akcfmemorial.org The purpose of this memorial is to demonstrate support for the commercial fishing industry by individuals, families, and businesses; to salute the economic and social importance of that industry within the state of Alaska; to remember those commercial fishermen and women who have died; to provide a quiet place for remembrance and ref lection; and to serve as a location for the annual Blessing of the Commercial Fishing Fleet on the first Saturday morning in May.

ALASKA FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

P.O. Box 2223 Wrangell, AK 99929-2223 (907) 276-7315 • (888) 636-7315 jdecker@afdf.org www.afdf.org Julie Decker, Executive Director Year Founded: 1978 AFDF works to turn challenges into opportunities by applying research and development and by balancing economic benefits with sustainability principles.

ALASKA INDEPENDENT TENDERMEN’S ASSN.

P.O. Box 431 Petersburg, AK 99833 (907) 518-4534 admin@alaskatenders.org www.alaskatenders.org Lisa Terry, Executive Director Year Founded: 2003 The AITA was formed in 2003 by a group of tender owners and operators. These tendermen recognize the need to establish an organization of professionals with a common interest. Fish tendering in Alaska has been around as long as there has been commercial fishing. AITA is organized exclusively for promoting the common business interest of its members, independent vessel owners and

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operators, and to serve as one voice in the Alaska commercial fishing industry.

ALASKA LONGLINE FISHERMEN’S ASSN.

P.O. Box 1229 Sitka, AK 99835 (907) 747-3400 • Fax: (907) 747-3462 alfastaff@gmail.com www.alfafish.org Dick Curran, President Linda Behnken, Executive Director Year Founded: 1978 Number of Members: 100 Annual Dues: $100-$1,000, depending on membership level ALFA is a nonprofit association of independent commercial longline-vessel owners and crew members who are committed to continuing the sustainable harvest of sablefish, halibut and groundfish while supporting healthy marine ecosystems and strong coastal communities through resource stewardship and participation in federal, state and local forums.

ALASKA MARINE CONSERVATION COUNCIL

P.O. Box 101145 Anchorage, AK 99510 (907) 277-5357 • Fax: (907) 277-5975 fish@akmarine.org www.akmarine.org Jason Dineen, Executive Director Year Founded: 1994 Number of Members: 900 Membership Dues: $25 AMCC is a community-based organization of fishermen, subsistence users, small business owners and coastal residents who are dedicated to protecting the integrity of Alaska’s marine ecosystems and sustaining the working waterfronts of our coastal communities.

ALASKA MARINE SAFETY EDUCATION ASSN.

2924 Halibut Point Road Sitka, AK 99835 (907) 747-3287 • Fax: (907) 747-3259 amsea@amsea.org www.amsea.org Jerry Dzugan, Executive Director Year Founded: 1985 Number of Members: 100 AMSEA is a national community-based organization composed of commercial fishermen, marine safety instructors and marine safety advocates providing safety training to reduce deaths and injuries of commercial fishermen and to meet Coast Guard requirements for commercial fishing vessels.

ALASKA SEAFOOD COOPERATIVE

4241 21st Ave. W., Suite 302 Seattle, WA 98199 (206) 462-7690 • Fax: (206) 462-7691

jasonanderson@seanet.com www.alaskaseafoodcooperative.org Year Founded: 2008 Number of Members: 5 Jason Anderson, Manager jasonanderson@seanet.com The Alaska Seafood Cooperative is a harvesting cooperative consisting of five companies and 16 vessels. AKSC was formed for the purpose of promoting, fostering and encouraging the intelligent and orderly harvest of yellowfin sole, rock sole, f lathead sole, Atka mackerel. Pacific cod, Aleutian Islands Pacific Ocean perch, and other Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska groundfish; reducing waste and improving resource utilization; reducing the incidental catch of non-target species; and supporting research and public education about the fisheries.

ALASKA TROLLERS ASSN.

130 Seward St. #205 Juneau, AK 99801 (907) 586-9400 • Fax: (907) 586-4473 ata@gci.net www.aktrollers.org Amy Daugherty, Executive Director Jim Moore, President Year Founded: 1925 Number of Members: 450 Annual Dues: Start at $350 power troll; $225 hand troll; $75 crew; $500 processor ATA has seen the f leet through many significant events, from statehood to limited entry, the Pacific Salmon Treaty, and the ESA. ATA members elect 12 power- and up to 2 hand-troll representatives for two-year terms. The board seats are geographically assigned. ATA primarily represents trollers, but works on behalf of the entire industry.

ALASKA WHITEFISH TRAWLERS ASSN.

P.O. Box 991 Kodiak, AK 99615 (907) 486-3910 • Fax: (907) 486-6292 execdir@alaskawhitefishtrawlers.org www.alaskawhitefishtrawlers.org Rebecca Skinner, Executive Director Year Founded: Late 1960s; Incorporated 1974 Number of Members: 45 boats Annual Dues: 0.5% of vessel income; $2,500 max The AWTA represents trawl fishermen working out of Kodiak. It has established itself as an effective organization, holding many state and federal positions that allow it to fully represent the Kodiak groundfish f leet and support the community’s fishing interests.

AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY, ALASKA CHAPTER P.O. Box 670346 Chugiak, AK 99567-0346 (907) 688-1400 afs.alaska.president@gmail.com www.afs-alaska.org

Jeff Falke, President Founded: 1870 The AFS is the oldest and largest professional society representing fisheries scientists. AFS promotes scientific research and enlightened management of resources for optimum use by the public. It also encourages comprehensive education for fisheries scientists and continuing on-the-job training.

AT-SEA PROCESSORS ASSN.

P.O. Box 32817 Juneau, AK 99803 (907) 523-0970 • Fax (907) 523-0798 smadsen@atsea.org www.atsea.org Stephanie Madsen, Executive Director Year Founded: 1985 APA represents U.S.-f lag at-sea-processing vessels that participate in the groundfish fisheries of the North Pacific. Our principal fishery is midwater pollock. APA is committed to working with fishery managers, scientists and our colleagues to ensure the continued health of our marine ecosystems.

BERING SEA FISHERMEN’S ASSN. 821 N. St., Suite 103 Anchorage, AK 99501

(907) 279-6519 • (888) 927-2732 Fax: (907) 258-6688 karen@bsfaak.org www.bsfaak.org Karen Gillis, Executive Director Incorporated: 1980 Communities Represented: 192 Represented Population: 125,000+ BSFA began in 1979 with 150 fishermen from western Alaska who united to become involved in fisheries that were developing in their backyard and build an organization to help fishermen gain full economic benefits from existing commercial fisheries. BSFA is governed by a board of fishermen from Bristol Bay, Yukon, Kuskokwim, Norton Sound, Kotzebue and St. Paul.

BRISTOL BAY DRIFTNETTERS ASSN.

2408 Nob Hill N. Seattle, WA 98109-2048 (206) 285-1111 • Fax: (206) 284-1110 danfbarr@msn.com Dan Barr, President Year Founded: 1985 BBDA works to enhance the salmon resources of Bristol Bay and serves as a forum and voice for Bristol Bay fishermen with many different agencies and organizations,

including the Alaska Board of Fisheries.

BRISTOL BAY FISHERMEN’S ASSN.

P.O. Box 60131 Seattle, WA 98160 Phone/Fax: (206) 542-3930 bbfa@seanet.com bristolbayfishermen.org David Harsila, President Year Founded: 1966 Number of Members: 300 Annual Dues: $300 Formerly known as the Alaska Independent Fishermen’s Marketing Association, BBFA’s mission is to protect the renewable salmon resource and promote economic sustainability for commercial salmon permit holders in Bristol Bay. BBFA has worked for more than 50 years in political and regulatory arenas.

The association strives to improve salmon quality and encourages expansion of sockeye salmon markets. BBFA offers an excellent marine insurance program.

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DIRECTORY OF FISHING ORGANIZATIONS browburk@horizonsatellite.com camfalaska.com Steve Brown, President Year Founded: 1984 Number of Members: 80+ Annual Dues: $500 permit holder; $50 associate CAMF represents the Area M driftnet f leet at Board of Fisheries meetings. We are a group member of UFA and continually work with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute and Area M processors to improve product quality in Area M and all of Alaska.

COOK INLET AQUACULTURE ASSN.

40610 Kalifornsky Beach Road Kenai, AK 99611 (907) 283-5761 • Fax: (907) 283-9433 info@ciaanet.org www.ciaanet.org Brent Johnson, President Dean Day, Executive Director Year Founded: 1976 CIAA is a nonprofit corporation founded by commercial fishermen to engage in salmon-enhancement activities throughout the Cook Inlet watershed and to contribute fish to the common-property fisheries. Activities include lake fertilization, stocking, hatchery operation and construction of fish ladders, f low-control devices and spawning channels.

COPPER RIVER PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND MARKETING ASSN.

P.O. Box 199 509 First Street Cordova, AK 99574 (907) 424-3459• Fax: (907) 424-3430 info@copperrivermarketing.org www.copperrivermarketing.org Christa Hoover, Executive Director Year Founded: 2005 Number of Members: 550 Annual Dues: 1% assessment for members; $1,000 for nonpermit holders The regional seafood development association for Area E in South-Central Alaska works to maximize the value of the drift and setnet salmon fisheries in Prince William Sound and the Copper River District through effective marketing, quality initiatives, cooperative partnerships and organizational competency.

CORDOVA DISTRICT FISHERMEN UNITED

P.O. Box 939 Cordova, AK 99574 (907) 424-3447 • Fax: (907) 424-3430 director@cdfu.org www.cdfu.org Jerry McCune, President Chelsea Haisman, Executive Director Year Founded: 1935 Number of Members: 275 CDFU represents all the gear types in Area E: seine, gillnet, groundfish, set net and pound net. CDFU’s mission is to preserve

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and protect Alaska’s Area E fisheries and promote safety at sea. Our priorities are legislative and regulatory arenas and promoting the benefits of our healthy, wild-caught fish.

DEEP SEA FISHERMEN’S UNION OF THE PACIFIC

5215 Ballard Ave. N.W., Suite 1 Seattle, WA 98107 (206) 783-2922 dsfu@dsfu.org www.dsfu.org Koll Bruce, President Jim Johnson, Executive Director Year Founded: 1912 DSFU, the oldest union of crew members and skippers in the North Pacific, represents the longline schooner f leet crewmen under a Set Line Agreement with the FVOA and crab crewmen along the West Coast. The union’s goals are: fair wages; improved benefits; access to IFQ loan programs; proper longterm management of resources for healthy fisheries; fair and straightforward treatment of vessel, skipper and crew; professional work standards; and the prerogative of fishermen to stand together.

The union’s long-range vision is to serve as the umbrella organization for all fixed-gear fishermen.

FISHING VESSEL OWNERS’ ASSN.

4005 20th Ave. W. Room 232, West Wall Bldg.

Seattle, WA 98199-1290 (206) 283-7735 • Fax: (206) 283-3341 RobertA@fvoa.org www.fvoa.org Per Odegaard, President Robert D. Alverson, Manager Year Founded: 1914 Number of Members: 95 FVOA is a trade association representing Seattle-based longliners. The association promotes longlining as a habitat-safe harvest method and continues its effort to minimize bycatch in all North Pacific fisheries.

FREEZER-LONGLINE COALITION

2303 W. Commodore Way, Suite 202 Seattle, WA, 98199 (206) 284-2522 • (206) 284-2902 chadsee@freezerlongline.biz www.freezerlonglinecoalition.com Chad See, Executive Director Year Founded: 2008 Number of Members: 12 The Freezer-Longline Coalition is a nonprofit trade group promoting sustainable fishing practices.

GROUNDFISH FORUM

4241 21st Ave. W., Suite 302 Seattle, WA 98199 (206) 213-5270 • Fax: (206) 213-5272 chrisw@seanet.com www.groundfishforum.org Chris Woodley, Executive Director

Year Founded: 1996 Number of Members: 5 The Groundfish Forum is a trade association representing five trawl companies and 17 head-and-gut vessels, or Amendment 80 vessels, which catch and process a wide range of non-pollock species from the Bering Sea/ Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska, many of which are certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council. The association is committed to responsible fishing with minimal environmental impacts, and our mission is to craft meaningful solutions to issues such as discards, incidental catches and impact on habitat, and to inform government officials of the economic contribution of the Amendment 80 f leet to Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.

HALIBUT ASSN. OF NO. AMERICA

P.O. Box 872 Deming, WA 98244 (360) 592-3116 • Fax: (360) 592-3115 www.halibutassociation.org Blake Tipton, President Peggy Parker, Executive Director Year Founded: 1961 This trade association of halibut processors in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia works for a sustainable Pacific halibut fishery and represents the industry’s interests in regulatory, management, and marketing policy matters.

HALIBUT COALITION

P.O. Box 22073 Juneau, AK 99802 (425) 949-1810 halibutcoalition@gmail.com www.halibutcoalition.org Tom Gemmell, Executive Director Year Founded: 1999 Number of Members: 13 Annual dues: As needed Members include 13 commercial fishing organizations and about 500 individual fishermen and processors. Our mission is to protect the sustainability of the Pacific halibut resource, ensure fair and equitable allocation of the halibut resource among all sectors and promote rational management of the halibut fishery.

KENAI PENINSULA FISHERMEN’S ASSN.

43961 Kalifornsky Beach Road Suite F Soldotna, AK 99669-8273 (907) 262-2492 • Fax: (907) 262-2898 kpfa@alaska.net www.kpfaalaska.org Andy Hall, President Year Founded: 1954 KPFA’s main goal is ensuring the sustainability of our fishery resource. We strive to be fair and accessible to all fisheries gear types and areas within Cook Inlet waters.

A nonprofit association, we operate under

the rules governing a trade association.

Primarily a set-net representation organization, we do not restrict membership to any one gear type. KPFA is actively involved with the community groups. We believe the primary focus of revitalization should take into consideration the social, historical and economic concerns of the regional commercial fishing families.

KODIAK FISHERMEN’S WIVES & ASSOCIATES

P.O. Box 467 Kodiak, AK 99615 (907) 486-8587 www.facebook.com/ KodiakFishermensWives kodiakfwa@gmail.com Melissa Schmeil, President Founded by local fishermen’s wives, this community service group works with others close to the Kodiak commercial fishing industry to promote the consumption of Alaska seafood and foster safety within the f leet. In addition, the group maintains the Kodiak Fishermen’s Memorial and sponsors an annual memorial service and survival-suit race during the Kodiak Crab Festival.

KODIAK REGIONAL AQUACULTURE ASSN.

104 Center Ave., Suite 205 Kodiak, AK 99615 (907) 486-6555 kraa@gci.net www.kraa.org Tina Fairbanks, Executive Director Oliver Holm, President Year Founded: 1983 Number of Members: 611 KRAA is composed of 611 CFEC permit holders dedicated to the stabilization of Kodiak’s salmon production. The association funds numerous salmon-enhancement tasks in the Kodiak area. Long-term production goals are addressed through three strategies: 1) improved management and research, 2) rehabilitation of depressed wild stocks and supplemental production and 3) salmonhabitat monitoring, improvement and protection.

NORTHERN SOUTHEAST REGIONAL AQUACULTURE ASSN.

1308 Sawmill Creek Road Sitka, AK 99835 (907) 747-6850 • Fax: (907) 747-1470 ilona_mayo@nsraa.org www.nsraa.org Steve Reifenstuhl, General Manager Justin Peeler, President Year Founded: 1977 Number of Members: All Southeast Alaska salmon permit holders NSRAA operates the Hidden Falls, Medvejie and Sawmill Creek hatcheries, the Deer Lake coho-rearing project, four spawning channels and incubation boxes in Haines

and works cooperatively on a number of projects with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the U.S. Forest Service.

NORTH PACIFIC FISHERIES ASSN.

Box 796 Homer, AK 99603 (907) 235-1091 npfahomer@gmail.com www.npfahomer.com Malcolm Milne, President Year Founded: 1955 NPFA is a non-specific-gear group working in areas of resource management, fisheries conservation and public awareness of commercial fishing interests and contributions.

NORTH PACIFIC FISHING VESSEL OWNERS’ ASSN.

Vessel Safety Program 1900 W. Emerson, Suite 101 Seattle, WA 98119 (206) 285-3383 • Fax: (206) 286-9332 info@npfvoa.org www.npfvoa.org Karen Conrad, Executive Director Tim Vincent, President Year Founded: 1985 (non-profit since 1969) Annual Dues: $75-$600 The NPFVOA’s nonprofit Vessel Safety Program is dedicated to safety education and training for the commercial fishing industry and other mariners. NPFVOA’s program offers hands-on, Coast Guard–approved safety courses, customized and portable safety training and regular seminars on relevant industry topics.

NORTHWEST FISHERIES ASSN.

6523 California Ave. S.W. Suite 314 Seattle, WA 98136 (206) 789-6197 • Fax: (206) 284-9409 info@northwestfisheries.org www.northwestfisheries.org Ryan MacNamara, President Val Motley, Executive Director Year Founded: 1951 Number of Members: 180 NWFA is an association of primary and secondary seafood processors, brokers, distributors and support industries. Our mission is to provide networking opportunities and support to our members in the seafood industry.

NORTHWEST INDIAN FISHERIES COMMISSION

6730 Martin Way E. Olympia, WA 98516-5540 (360) 438-1180 • Fax: (360) 753-8659 contact@nwifc.org www.nwifc.org Justin Parker, Executive Director Lorraine Loomis, Chairwoman Year Founded: 1974

Number of Members: 20 tribes Assisting treaty Indian tribes in conducting biologically sound fisheries and providing a unified tribal voice in fisheries management. The long-term goals of economic stability, renewable resources and regulatory certainty are shared by the tribes, who are working toward their own self-sufficiency.

OREGON FISHERMEN’S CABLE COMMITTEE

2021 Marine Drive, Suite 102 Astoria, OR 97103 (503) 325-2285 • Fax: (503) 325-7012 smcmullen@ofcc.com www.ofcc.com Scott McMullen, Chairman Year Founded: 1998 The OFCC works with undersea cable owners to route cables for maximum burial in the fishing grounds and with the fishing industry to safely fish around cables. The OFCC provides submarine cable routes in popular marine-navigation software formats to West Coast trawlers.

PACIFIC COAST FEDERATION OF FISHERMEN’S ASSOCIATIONS

P.O. Box 29370 San Francisco, CA 94129-0370 (415) 561-5080 • Fax: (415) 561-5464 fish1ifr@aol.com www.pcffa.org Noah Oppenheim, Executive Director Dave Bitts, President Year Founded: 1976 Number of Members: 14 organizations representing 1,200 individuals PCFFA is a nonprofit umbrella organization representing working men and women in the West Coast commercial fishing f leet.

Throughout its history it has been engaged in issues ranging from resource protection (habitat, etc.) to marketing programs, such as establishing the California Salmon Council.

PACIFIC SEAFOOD PROCESSORS ASSN.

1900 W. Emerson Place, Suite 205 Seattle, WA 98119-1649 (206) 281-1667 info@pspafish.net www.pspafish.net Glenn Reed, President; glennr.pspa@gmail.com PSPA, a nonprofit trade association, was established in 1914 to address issues of concern to member companies. PSPA encourages conservation, enhancement and optimal utilization of our renewable fishery resources.

PACIFIC WHITING CONSERVATION COOPERATIVE 4039 21st Ave. W., Suite 400 Seattle, WA 98199 (206) 285-5139 • Fax (206) 285-1841 2505 S.E. 11th Ave., Suite 358 Portland, OR 97202 JULY 2019 / PILOTHOUSE GUIDE

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DIRECTORY OF FISHING ORGANIZATIONS (971) 544-7787 • Fax (971) 544-7731 www.pacificwhiting.org Dan Waldeck, Executive Director Jan Jacobs, President Year Founded: 1997 PWCC was formed to promote rational harvest, optimal utilization and minimal waste in the whiting fishery. PWCC is comprised of three member companies — American Seafoods, Glacier Fish Co., and Trident Seafoods.

PETERSBURG VESSEL OWNERS ASSN.

P.O. Box 232 Petersburg, AK 99833 (907) 772-9323 • Fax: (907) 772-9323 pvoa@gci.net www.psgvoa.org Megan O’Neil, Executive Director Jerry Dahl Jr., President Year Founded: 1954 PVOA is composed of almost 100 members participating in a wide variety of fish species and gear types. An additional 30 businesses supportive to our industry are members. Our members fish throughout Alaska, from Southeast to the Bering Sea. Targeted species include salmon, herring, sablefish, cod, crab and shrimp.

PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AQUACULTURE CORP.

P.O. Box 1110 Cordova, AK 99574 (907) 424-7511 • Fax: (907) 424-7514 info@pwsac.com www.pwsac.com Casey Campbell, General Manager Tim Moore, Chairman Year Founded: 1974 PWSAC is a private, non-profit regional aquaculture corporation formed to provide economic stability to Prince William Sound commercial salmon fisheries and added opportunity to the regional sports, subsistence and personal-use fisheries.

PURSE SEINE VESSEL OWNERS’ ASSN.

1900 W. Nickerson, Suite 320 Seattle, WA 98119 (888) 284-7733 • Fax: (206) 283-7795 rfk@psvoa.org www.psvoa.com Bob Kehoe, Executive Director Year Founded: 1936 Number of Members: 300+ PSVOA is governed by a 13-member board of directors representing small-boat owners operating throughout the West Coast and Alaska. PSVOA actively participates in the development of federal and state fisheries management plans and related legislative policy. To further these activities, PSVOA manages a group of member-owned affiliates providing a variety of marine insurance services.

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SEAFOOD PRODUCERS COOPERATIVE

2417 Meridian St., #105 Bellingham, WA 98225 (360) 733-0120 • Fax: (360) 733-0513 spc@spcsales.com www.spcsales.com Joe Morelli, President/CEO Year Founded: 1944 Number of Members: 520 The mission of Seafood Producers Cooperative is to maintain an opportunity for fishermen to participate in a cooperative organization that provides the processing, marketing and support services which allow members to maximize the benefits of their fishing efforts and provide the consumer with the highest-quality seafood possible.

SEASHARE

600 Ericksen Ave. N.E., Suite 310 Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 (206) 842-3609 info@seashare.org www.seashare.org Jim Harmon, Executive Director jharmon@seashare.org Year Founded: 1994 SeaShare is a national, nonprofit, hungerrelief organization that links seafood companies and their suppliers to food banks across the country, providing desperately needed high-quality, nutritious seafood to feed the hungry. This effective model has allowed the seafood industry, through SeaShare, to become one of the largest private sources of protein for hunger relief in the United States.

SEATTLE FISHERMEN’S MEMORIAL

P.O. Box 17356 Seattle, WA 98107 (206) 782-6577 info@seattlefishermensmemorial.org www.seattlefishermensmemorial.org Year Founded: 1985 Completed in 1988, the Seattle Fishermen’s Memorial is a place of reverence, recognition and healing for the families of more than 675 local commercial fishermen who have lost their lives at sea since the turn of the century. The memorial’s board of directors is a charitable, non-profit organization devoted to promoting safety in fishing and easing the emotional and financial burden of surviving family members.

SOUTHEAST ALASKA FISHERMEN’S ALLIANCE

1008 Fish Creek Rd. Juneau, AK 99801 (907) 586-6652 • Fax (907) 917-5470 seafa@gci.net www.seafa.org Kathy Hansen, Executive Director Year Founded: 2000

Number of Members: 300+ SEAFA represents more than 300 members involved mainly in the salmon, crab and shrimp fisheries of Southeast Alaska as well as Gulf of Alaska longline fisheries. Our goal is to maintain and enhance the sustainability of the resource and the longevity of the commercial fishing industry and coastal communities. SEAFA also maintains and operates for its members a low-cost vesselinsurance pool.

SOUTHEAST ALASKA SEINERS ASSN.

P.O. Box 714 Ward Cove, AK 99928 (907) 220-7630 info@seiners.net www.seiners.net Susan Doherty, Executive Director Dan Castle, President Year Founded: 1968 Annual dues: Permit-holders, $750; non-fishing, $400 Seiners founded SEAS, a member-based organization, to promote the vitality of the commercial seine f leet and the sound stewardship of the salmon resource in Southeast Alaska. SEAS is composed of seine skippers, deckhands and businesses that have an interest in a productive seine fishery.

Major issues SEAS will confront include: federal subsistence takeover, Pacific Salmon Treaty negotiations, fishery legislation, Board of Fisheries salmon issues, ADF&G budget and identifying opportunities that could improve benefits fishermen receive from hatchery programs.

SOUTHERN SOUTHEAST REGIONAL AQUACULTURE ASSN.

14 Borch St. Ketchikan, AK 99901 (907) 225-9605 • Fax: (907) 225-1348 admin@ssraa.org www.ssraa.org David Landis, General Manager Year Founded: 1978 Number of Members: All salmon permit holders in southern Southeast districts The SSRAA was established and funded by salmon fishermen for the purpose of enhancing the endangered salmon stocks in the southern Southeast districts and for monitoring the environment and any activities that may affect the fisheries in those areas. Although there are no dues, the association members voted to impose a 3 percent enhancement tax on themselves.

The state contracts the money back to the association on a yearly basis.

UNITED CATCHER BOATS

4005 20th Ave. W., Suite 116 Fishermen’s Terminal Seattle, WA 98199 (206) 282-2599 • Fax: (206) 282-2414 bpaine@ucba.org

www.ucba.org Brent Paine, Executive Director Year Founded: 1993 Number of Members: 72 United Catcher Boats is a trawl-vesselowners’ trade association that represents the interests of the catcher-vessel trawl f leet.

United Catcher Boats members participate in the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands pollock, P-cod and yellowfin sole trawl fisheries; the Gulf of Alaska pollock, P-cod, rockfish and sole trawl fisheries; and the West Coast whiting trawl fishery. Goals of the association include rational fisheries management, including support for catch shares and cooperative-based management programs, innovative gear technology, reducing nontarget species harvest and maintaining vessel owners’ market share.

UNITED COOK INLET DRIFT ASSN.

43961 K-Beach Road, Suite E Soldotna, AK 99669 (907) 260-9436 • Fax: (907) 260-9438 info@ucida.org www.ucida.org David Martin, President Year Founded: 1980 Number of Members: 300 Annual Dues: $200; associate, $25 UCIDA serves Cook Inlet drift fishermen by its involvement with the Board of Fisheries, state and federal legislation, marketing, in-season price information, and environmental and oil-spill concerns.

UCIDA is strongly committed to fighting attacks against the commercial fishing industry in Cook Inlet and Alaska.

UNITED FISHERMEN OF ALASKA

P.O. Box 20229 Juneau, AK 99802-0229 (907) 586-2820 • Fax: (907) 463-2545 ufa@ufa-fish.org www.ufa-fish.org Matt Alward, President Francis Leach, Executive Director Year Founded: 1974 Number of Members: 35 groups, plus about 500 individual members Annual Dues: Individual, $175 for one year, $300 for two years; crew, $50; lifetime, $3,000; group membership, $3,000; business memberships at $300, $750 and $2,000 levels UFA’s mission is to promote and protect the common interests of Alaska’s commercial fishing industry as a vital component of Alaska’s social and economic wellbeing. UFA maintains a statewide trade organization with core functions including legislative presence, communication within the fishing industry, continued access to fisheries resources and promoting positive public relations for Alaska’s commercial fishermen.

The UFA voting board of directors is composed of representatives from group

members and four at-large representatives elected by the individual and lifetime (fishing permit holder) members.

UNITED FISHERMEN’S MARKETING ASSN.

403 W. Marine Way Kodiak, AK 99615 (907) 486-3453 Jeff Stephan, Manager Year Founded: Mid-1930s UFMA membership includes Pacific cod pot fishermen; crab fishermen; halibut, blackcod and Pacific cod longliners; salmon and herring seiners; and other groundfish harvesters who participate in the diversified fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands.

UFMA represents vessel owners with regard to many important state and federal legislative, regulatory, research, conservation, management, political, quality and marketing issues that affect the economic welfare of member vessels. Issues include crab, groundfish and halibut management; population assessments and other research; habitat protection; bycatch reduction; observer programs; blackcod/halibut IFQ program; IFQ/CDQ fee proposals, etc.

UNITED SOUTHEAST ALASKA GILLNETTERS ASSOCIATION

P.O. Box 2196 Petersburg, AK 99833 (253) 237-3099 via Google Voice usag.alaska@gmail.com www.akgillnet.org Max Worhatch, Executive Director Chris Guggenbickler, President Year Founded: 1978 Annual Dues: $300 for individual permit holders, $250 for businesses with 8 employees or fewer; $500 for corporate members USAG is an association of about 170 men and women who participate in the Southeast Alaska gillnet salmon f ishery. USAG promotes and protects the interests of its members by active involvement in legislation (local, state and national) that affects the gillnet fishery, such as allocation, marketing, quality, taxes, safety, environment and enhancement programs. USAG offers a vessel-insurance program to members and publishes a biannual newsletter.

approximately 400 albacore tuna trollvessel owners based in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, New Zealand and British Columbia. These are familyowned boats that fish albacore tuna during summer and fall months. Some fish the South Pacific waters January to April.

WFOA’s primary mission is to promote trollcaught albacore tuna through market and management issues. WFOA also manages the affairs of the American Fishermen’s Research Foundation.

YAKUTAT REGIONAL AQUACULTURE ASSN.

P.O. Box 153 Yakutat, AK 99689 (907) 784-3000 yakutatRAA@gmail.com www.yraa.org Larry Bemis, President Year Founded: 2011 YRAA is the ADFG-recognized aquaculture association for the Yakutat region. The group’s purpose is to augment the state of Alaska common-property fisheries in the Yakutat region that contribute to the subsistence, sport, commercial, personaluse and other Alaska fisheries through the rehabilitation of the state of Alaska salmon fisheries by artificial means; to conduct and promote scientific studies on fisheries and fisheries research; to build self-perpetuating runs of salmon; and other educational and scientific activities as allowed under the law.

YUKON RIVER DRAINAGE FISHERIES ASSN.

P.O. Box 2898 Palmer, AK 99645 (907) 272-3141 Fax: (907) 272-3142 info@yukonsalmon.org www.yukonsalmon.org Wayne Jenkins, Executive Director Year Founded: 1990 The YRDFA’s 16-member board crafts solutions to allocation and management issues in this complex fishery. The YRDFA also conducts various projects on salmonbycatch identification, habitat restoration and stock assessment, as well as marketing and promotion of Yukon River salmon in the Pacific Northwest.

WESTERN FISHBOAT OWNERS ASSN.

P.O. Box 992723 Redding, CA 96099 (530) 229-1097 • Fax: (530) 232-0107 wfoa@charter.net www.wfoa-tuna.org Wayne Heikkila, Executive Director Lewis Hill, President Year Founded: 1967 Western Fishboat Owners Association is a California-based, non-profit trade association established in 1967, representing JULY 2019 / PILOTHOUSE GUIDE

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Suits & settlements

How Exxon and the court system failed Alaska fishermen

BY BRUCE BULS

T

he risk-reward calculation is something we all consider from time to time. Commercial fishermen probably think about it more than most. How bad will the weather be? Maybe I should I invest in a new, bigger boat.

Can I get another season out of the old engine, or should I borrow money and repower now?

Most risks can be mitigated. From preventative maintenance to PFDs to insurance, a variety of tools help minimize some hazards and soften the landing when things go wrong. Managing risk requires thinking ahead, planning what to do and having the wherewithal to follow through.

In the mid-1970s, when tankers started packing crude oil across Alaska’s Prince William Sound from the recently built pipeline terminal in Valdez, they only ran laden during the daytime because it was safer. They also crossed the sound at reduced speeds until getting through Hitchinbrook Entrance and out into the ocean.

As volume from the North Slope grew, tanker operations ramped up and sped up. By March 1989, loaded tankers had made more than 8,800 successful transits through the sound, all unescorted beyond the Valdez Narrows. The oil industry’s concerns about the hazards that slowed those early trips no longer

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seemed so worrisome.

Then, in March of 1989, the Exxon Valdez showed just how risky transporting all that oil really was. In what the National Transportation Safety Board described as a “combination of bad seamanship, bad judgment, bad management and bad luck,” the 987' x 166' tanker jammed its port side into and onto the granite rocks of Bligh Reef, a well-known hazard not far from Valdez.

Instantly the risks had overtaken the rewards in a huge, ugly way. The boulders of Bligh Reef ripped open the singlehull tanker, and gooey, toxic crude gushed out. Of the 53 million gallons onboard, at least 11 million and as much as 38 million gallons ended up in the water, in the air and on the beaches of Prince William Sound and South Central Alaska. The environmental damage was epic. The economic damages were catastrophic.

In Cordova, home of the Prince William Sound fishing fleet, the damage was also deeply personal. Stresses from the accident’s aftermath frayed marriages, friendships and business partnerships.

Patience Anderson Faulkner, a Cordova paralegal who helped hundreds of fishermen file claims for restitution, said mental health was a serious problem in Cordova.

“People would come into our office to have a cup of coffee and talk about what happened while we worked on their claims. One guy told me that he was so depressed that he had been wondering whether to just kill himself or to also kill his wife at the same time,” Faulkner said. “Fortunately, he got some help and didn’t do either.”

But the stress took its toll for a prominent member of the Cordova community. Bobby Van Brocklin, who had been elected mayor after the spill in 1989, took his own life in 1993. He reportedly left a note implicating the stress of “Exxon.”

Overall, the responsible party for the whole disaster was Exxon Corp. and its subsidiary, Exxon Shipping. It was their ship, their captain and crew, and their oil. The Alyeska Pipeline Service Corp., a consortium of companies with leases on the North Slope, including Exxon,

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that owned and operated the pipeline and the Valdez terminal (still does), also took a lot of blame for not being properly prepared to respond to a major spill.

The corporation agreed in 1993 to pay about $130 million in settlements. (Exxon also sued Alyeska after the spill.) The state of Alaska was culpable for lax oversight of the terminal and tanker operations. And the Coast Guard was implicated for not

The spill soiled beaches in the sound and beyond. Shore crews found hundreds of thousands of dead birds and marine mammals during mostly futile cleanup efforts.

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The Exxon Valdez lies atop Bligh Reef two days after the grounding in Prince William Sound, Alaska.

providing an effective vessel traffic system. (Exxon sued them, too.)

All that said, it was Exxon’s lax oversight of its own operation that determined legal liability. The corporation was found guilty of numerous crimes and was the defendant in one of the largest and most contentious class-action lawsuits ever.

After the spill and attempted cleanup, Exxon was prosecuted by the federal government for violations of the Clean Water Act, the Refuse Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Ports and Waterways Safety Act and the Dangerous Cargo Act. Exxon Corp. and Exxon Shipping pled guilty to several — not all — of these charges and were jointly fined $25 million and ordered to pay $100 million in restitution.

Capt. Joseph Hazelwood was prosecuted by the state of Alaska for operating a watercraft while intoxicated, reckless endangerment, negligent dis-

charge of oil and three felony counts of criminal mischief. He was convicted of a single misdemeanor for negligent discharge of oil. He was fined $50,000 and required to do 1,000 hours community service, which he fulfilled by picking up trash on the Seward Highway and by working in Bean’s Cafe, a soup kitchen in Anchorage.

Because Exxon and Alyeska had so grossly underestimated the risk of an accident at sea, both companies were woefully unprepared to respond to the spill and were unable to clean it up. Exxon, which quickly took over management of the spill response even though Alyeska had been designated for that job in contingency planning, spent a reported $2.1 billion on the cleanup over four summers and deployed as many as 10,000 workers, 1,000 boats, and 100 airplanes and helicopters.

“It is widely believed, however, that wave action from winter storms did more to clean the beaches than all the human effort involved,” according a report from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council.

Not that the beaches are all clean, even after 30 years. Lingering oil can still be found a few inches below the surface of many beaches in Prince William Sound.

The Oil Spill Trustee Council estimates that more than 20,000 gallons of oil remains buried in the sand, gravel and rocks of the sound. It is decaying at only about 4 percent per year.

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was $3.5 billion. In 1990, it was $5 billion. It was and is one of America’s richest corporations, if not the most wealthy on any given year, even before merging with Mobile Oil. The financial losses from that one trip of the Exxon Valdez cost the mothership something in the neighborhood of $5 billion for clean-up, criminal fines and civil settlements, both compensatory and punitive. A good chunk of that was recovered from Lloyd’s, following conclusion of a lawsuit, of course.

In 1991, Exxon agreed to pay the U.S. government and the state of Alaska $1.2 billion, which included the $125 million criminal fine, even though these fines could have been as much as $600 million. The agreement included $900 million to reimburse state and federal clean-up costs and provide funding, paid in 10 annual installments, for restoration work in Prince William Sound.

The settlement also included a “reopener” provision for up to $100 million for environmental damages discovered later.

In 1994, the consolidated civil cases against Exxon and Hazelwood went to trial in U.S. District Court for Alaska in Anchorage. Plaintiffs included fishermen, processors, land owners and Natives. In Phase I of the trial, the jury concluded that Exxon and Hazelwood had been legally reckless and were liable for punitive damages, a decision that was widely applauded in Alaska. In Phase II, the jury awarded compensatory damages of $287 million for fishermen and others, and $22.6 million for Alaska Natives. The money was about

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seriously betrayed by that entire process, and I think reasonably so. We would have done better going to Judge Judy.

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pointed fisherman: “It doesn’t come close to what my losses are. Why have we wasted all this time for $9,000 after attorney’s fees and taxes? Exxon got a good deal on this. It places a huge emphasis on having a large punitive damage, in order that some restitution can be accomplished.”

Phase III focused on those punitive

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The jury award of one year’s net profit in 1994 was

reduced to four days of net profit in 2008. This was not punishment. Exxon would feel this sting like an

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elephant feels a mosquito bite.

— Ricki Ott, “Not One Drop” author

one-third of what fishermen had asked for and about three times what Exxon had said was “fair.” Fishermen were upset and angry.

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damages, which the judge instructed were not intended as compensation for the plaintiff ’s losses, but only as punishment and deterrence. After five days of court testimony and 22 days of jury deliberation, the jury delivered a punitive

award of $5 billion. Plaintiffs’ attorneys had suggested the award should have been as high as $15 billion.

Even so, the $5 billion was the largest punitive damages award ever. “People in Cordova were ecstatic,” wrote Ott. “The town felt optimistic.” The joy was tempered, however, when Exxon chairman Lee Raymond vowed to “use every legal means available to overturn this unjust verdict.”

And that is exactly what Exxon did.

On appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court, the entire punitive award was vacated, twice, and sent back to Alaska District Court with orders to reduce the amount. But both times Judge Holland of the Alaska District Court defended the jury’s decision, and he finally settled on $4.5 billion plus interest. Exxon took the case back for a third time to the Ninth Circuit, which in December of 2006 reduced the punitive award to $2.5 billion.

In June of 2008, Exxon wriggled off that hook, too, thanks to a notorious decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that reduced the punitive award to $507 million, or about 10 percent of the original $5 billion. The Supreme Court decided that punitive damages shouldn’t exceed compensatory damages, at least in maritime cases. “In hard cash, this meant the jury award of one year’s net profit in 1994 was reduced to four days of net profit in 2008,” wrote Ott. “This was not punishment. Exxon would feel this sting like an elephant feels a mosquito bite.”

“Most plaintiffs felt seriously betrayed by that entire process, and I think reasonably so,” said Rick Steiner, the University of Alaska’s marine agent and oilindustry foil in Cordova (and beyond) before and after the spill. “We would have done better going to Judge Judy.”

In 2006, at Steiner’s urging, the state of Alaska officially asked Exxon for an additional $92 million for environmental damages included in the “reopener” clause in 1991. “Exxon said, ‘Thank you very much; we’re not going to pay it,’” said Steiner. “The feds and the state did nothing to try to collect it, and they abandoned it entirely when it came up against the statute of limitations in 2015. It was a huge disappointment and a spectacular failure by government.”

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Of the $900 million Exxon paid to the state and federal governments for environmental restoration, about $200 million remains in the kitty. Steiner said $50 million is encumbered “but some politicos want to distribute the rest to four organizations like the Sea Life Center in Seward and the Prince William Sound Science Center in Cordova and some Native groups. I think this betrays the entire notion of the settlement, and I think it would be illegal.”

So the court battles may well continue.

For commercial fishermen, however, the fight is over. They lost; Exxon won.

Faulkner estimates most fishermen recovered about 8 cents on the dollar, if they lived long enough to collect, which thousands didn’t. There were no “spillionaires.”

Exxon may regret the accident, but the costs didn’t diminish its bottom line by much. The giant corporation now operates double-hull tankers, of course, thanks to post-spill legislation, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. And the outbound tankers are now flanked by highpower, high-tech tug escorts from the dock to the ocean, a risk mitigator that costs the industry more than $50 million a year. Oil recovery equipment has been beefed up and updated, and Alaska fishermen are trained to help clean up, if needed. It’s all expensive, and it’s all

Two fishing boats pull absorbent boom during a drill in the sound.

overseen by a citizen watchdog group, the Regional Citizens Advisory Council.

Pink salmon harvests in the sound have rebounded from down years after the spill, and Copper River reds have had many great years since 1989. There are crab and shrimp fisheries, again, too.

But the missing piece of recovery is the herring biomass. There hasn’t been a herring fishery in Prince William Sound since just after the spill. What used to be a multimillion-dollar fishery every spring is gone. Another environmental casualty is the AT1 pod of resi-

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“We now know that there’s not only the possibility of long-term injury from these spills,” said Steiner. “We are now certain that there is permanent injury.”

Bruce Buls is the former technical editor for WorkBoat magazine and is based on Whidbey Island,Wash.

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Port Index Adak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Florence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Petersburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Akutan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

(Siuslaw)

Port Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Anacortes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Fort Bragg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Port Townsend . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

(Noyo Harbor)

Saint George . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Angoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Friday Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Saint Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Astoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Garibaldi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Sand Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Bandon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Gig Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Bellingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Gold Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Berkeley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Haines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Seldovia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Bethel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Homer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Seward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Blaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Hoonah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Sitka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Bodega Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Hydaburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Skagway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

(Spud Point & Mason’s Marina)

Ilwaco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Tacoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Brookings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Juneau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Tenakee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Charleston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Kake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Thorne Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

(Coos Bay)

Kenai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Valdez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Chignik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Ketchikan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Warrenton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Cold Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

King Cove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Westport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Cordova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Kodiak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

(Grays Harbor)

Craig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

La Conner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Whittier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Crescent City . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

(Port of Skagit County)

Winchester Bay . . . . . . . . . . 75

Depoe Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

La Push . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

(Salmon Harbor)

Dillingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

(Quileute Marina)

Wrangell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Dutch Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Metlakatla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Yakutat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Egegik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Moss Landing . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

(Coffee Point)

Naknek/King Salmon . . . . . . 64

Elfin Cove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Neah Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Eureka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

(Makah Marina)

(Humboldt Bay)

Newport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Everett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Nome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

False Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Pelican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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B .C . Ports . . . . . . . . . 77, 78, 79

ADAK to ANCHORAGE

ADAK Port office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907-592-8330 Port fax: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907-592-4171 Email . . . . Harbormaster@adakisland .com VHF channel: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Fish and game: . . . . . . . . . 907-592-2407 U .S . Post Office: . . . . . . . 907-592-8113 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Adak Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592-8330 Fax: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592-4171 VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 AT THE DOCK General Manager: Cal Kashevarof ckashevarof@adakisland .com Facility Security Officer: Ken Smith RATES 0-32 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $80/24 hrs .

33-60 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100/24 hrs .

61-75 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150/24 hrs .

76-100 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . $175/24 hrs .

101-125 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . $190/24 hrs .

126-150 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . $200/24 hrs .

151-200 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . $250/24 hrs .

201-250 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . $300/24 hrs .

251-300 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . $350/24 hrs .

301 feet and up . . . . . . . . $2/foot/24 hrs AMENITIES Indoor/outdoor storage Freshwater/grocery store Hotel services Pay phones at store Expediting services Cafe, bar and grill REPAIR FACILITIES Closest haulout is Dutch Harbor; welder, diver and machinist on island AIR TRANSPORT Alaska Airlines Sundays and Thursdays . . 907-592-3121 MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Adak Medical Clinic/M .D . on duty EMTs and volunteer service ambulance Medical transport by plane to Anchorage LifeFlight: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-478-9111

AKUTAN

Port office phone/fax: . . . . 907-698-2265 Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Akutan@gci .net VHF channel: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Trident Seafoods: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .698-2211 or VHF CH . 73 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Matthew Bereskin Mbereskin@gmail .com Pelkey’s Dive Service: VHF 6 MOORAGE Dock space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 feet 2 hours' free parking Call VHF 6 before docking AMENITIES (AREA CODE 907) General store/hotel/laundry/museum Library: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698-2230 U .S . Post Office: . . . . . . . . . . . . 698-2200 City of Akutan: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698-2228 Village public safety officer . . . . 698-2315 Church and gym . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698-2239 Roadhouse Bar TRANSPORT (AREA CODE 907) PenAir Seaplane (daily) . . . . . . . 581-1383 Freighters: Coastal Transportation, Western Pioneer, Sealand MEDICAL (AREA CODE 907) Clinic: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698-2208

ANACORTES Port office: . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-293-0694 Port fax : . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-299-0998 Email . . . . Marina@portofanacortes .com Web . . . . . . . www .portofanacortes .com VHF channel: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66A Fish and game: . . . . . . . . 360-902-2200 Pollution hotline: . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 360) Cap Sante Boat Haven: . . . . . . 293-0694 Reisner Distributor: . . . . . . . . . 293-2197 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 360) Trident Seafoods: . . . . . . . . . . 293-7701

Transient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-200 Waiting list for temporary (winter) RATES Call harbor office: . . . . . . . 360-293-0694 or VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66A Qualifying commercial $7 .08/foot/month AMENITIES Electricity/restaurants/restrooms County public transportation Freshwater/loading pier/showers Pump-out facilities (free); pay phones Laundry/net-mending dock Groceries/marine store HAULOUTS 1-ton dock hoist Three marine railways in area Hoist (harbor) . . . . . . . vessels to 37 feet Hoist (n town) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .to 65 feet Two dry docks . . . . . . . . . . up to 300 feet REPAIR FACILITIES full repair facilities (0’ to 500’) AIR TRANSPORT Port-owned airport 3,000-foot paved runway MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Hospital SPECIAL EVENTS Waterfront festival: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May Arts festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August Fireworks at marina . . . . . . . . . . . .July 4

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Port office: . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-343-6200 Port fax: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-277-5636 Email . . . . . . . . . . . bickforddj@muni .org Web . . . . . . . . . . . . www .portofanc .com VHF channel: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Coast Guard: . . . . . . . . . . 907-428-4100 Fish and game: . . . . . . . . 907-267-2100 Pollution hotline: . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Brad Johnson

FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Inlet Petroleum: . . . . . . . . . . . . 274-3835 Shoreside Petroleum: . . . . . . . 344-4571

MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 950

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Great Pacific Seafoods: . . . . . . 248-7966 Tenth & M Seafoods: . . . . . . . . 272-3474 Whitney Foods: . . . . . . . . . . . . 243-3311 Yamaya Seafood: . . . . . . . . . . . 563-5588 AT THE DOCK Port director: Steve Ribuffo Port operations manager . . . . . . . .Stuart Greydanus DOCKAGE Terminal berths (5) . . . . . . . . . 3,488 feet Dock space for transients with prior approval Average tidal range: 30 feet AMENITIES Freshwater at berths Taxis Showers and laundry Sewage pump-out

Angoon Oil and Gas . . . . . . . . . 788-3436 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Gregory Bennum 907-788-3653 AMENITIES Electricity MOORAGE 45 berths (waiting list) Limited transient berths; Contact city office No dryland storage Haulout and repair Single tidal grid MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Local clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-788-4600 Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-788-3237

REPAIR FACILITIES Full repair facilities available in area

ASTORIA

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Providence Hospital . . . . . 907-562-2211 Coast Guard . . . . . . . . . . . 800-478-5555 Anchorage Fire Department . . . . . . . 911

Mooring Basin Office: . . . . 503-325-8279 Port office: . . . . . . . . . . . . 503-741-3300 Fax: Attn . Harbormaster . . 503-741-3345 Email . . . . . . .Marina@portofastoria .com Web . . . . . . . . . www .portofastoria .com VHF channels: . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 and 74 Fish and wildlife: . . . . . . . . 503-338-0106 Pollution hotline: . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

ANGOON City office . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-788-3653 City office fax . . . . . . . . . . 907-788-3821 VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 and 16 Pollution hotline: . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907)

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FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 503) Port of Astoria: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325-8279 Wilcox & Flegel: . . . . . . . . . . . 325-3122 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 503) Bornstein SeaFoods: . . . . . . . . 325-6164 Fergus-McBurendse: . . . . . . . . 325-9592 Fishhawk Fisheries Inc: . . . . . . 325-5252 AT THE DOCK Port of Astoria staff MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . 416 in west and east basin Dry storage available AMENITIES Electricity, freshwater, laundry Net-mending dock, pay phones Restaurant, restrooms Sewage pumpout, showers HAULOUTS Astoria Marine Construction

Warrenton Shipyard Port of Astoria Travel lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 tons REPAIR FACILITIES Full-service repair facilities, machine shops, welding, electronic repairs, dive service and marine supplies MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Search and rescue Sheriff stationed at harbor Medics/ambulance SPECIAL EVENTS Fisher Poets’ Gathering www .fisherpoets .org Crab Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April Great Columbia Crossing . . . . . . October Unwind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March Chamber banquet . . . . . . . . . . . . January

BANDON Port office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541-347-3206 Fax: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541-347-4645 Email . . Portmanager@portofbandon .com Web . . . . . . . . . .www .portofbandon .com Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 541) Prowler Charters: . . . . . . . . . . . 347-1901 AT THE DOCK Port of Bandon staff MOORAGE 86 berths DAILY RATES 20-29 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13-$18 30-39 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18-$25 40-49 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25-$31 50-59 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32-$38 60 feet-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36-plus Can take up to 91 feet Call for monthly, quarterly or yearly rates AMENITIES Charter services, electricity, freshwater, pump-out stations and restrooms AIR TRANSPORT Small airport a few miles south of Bandon; commercial airport in North Bend (25 miles north)

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MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Southern Coos Hospital, 541-347-2426 USCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May-September Ambulance SPECIAL EVENTS Marine swap meet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May Blessing of the fleet . . . . . . . . . . . . . May Old fashioned 4th of July WindFest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August Cranberry Festival . . . . . . . . . September

BELLINGHAM Port office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . (360) 676-2542 Port fax: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (360) 671-6149 Email . .Squalicum@portofbellingham .com Web . . . . . . www .portofbellingham .com VHF channels: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 360) Harbor Marine Fuel: . . . . . . . . 734-1710 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 360) Arrowac Fisheries: . . . . . . . . . . 676-1606 Bellingham Cold Storag: . . . . 733-1640 Bornstein Sea Foods: . . . . . . . 734-7990 Icicle Seafoods: . . . . . . . . . . . 676-5885 San Juan Seafoods: . . . . . . . . . 734-8384 Seafood Producers Co-op: . . . 733-0120 Trident Seafoods: . . . . . . . . . . 734-8900 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Kyle Randolph MOORAGE Slips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-96 feet Rates based on slip size AMENITIES Two-mile walking path around harbor Two fuel docks 40,000 square feet of dry storage Electricity at all berths Five restaurants Freshwater at all berths Pay phones nearby Four shower and three laundry facilities Two, 2-ton stiff-leg cranes HAULOUTS Dry docks (2) . . . 1,000-ton and 2,800-ton Private mobile crane for engines, gear Haulout locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 USCG

ZREPAIR FACILITIES Net suppliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Net-working areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Piers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200-feet Four boatyards can repair aluminum, glass Full-service repair and outfitting facilities MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES St . Joseph, Main Campus: equipped for general surgery, . . . . . . . . 360-734-5400 Dental AIR TRANSPORT Airport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 miles Daily jet service

BERKELEY Marina: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510-981-6740 Email . . . . . . Marina@cityofberkeley .info Web . . . .www .ci .berkeley .ca .us/marina/ VHF channel: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Fish and game: . . . . . . . . 707-944-5500 Pollution hotline: . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 AT THE DOCK Waterfront manager: Stephen Bogner Phone: 510-981-6744 Fax: 510-981-6745 MOORAGE Transient berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Total berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1000 Commercial berths available Dry land storage . . . . . $100-$125/month Launch ramp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15/day

AIR TRANSPORT Oakland Airport SPECIAL EVENTS 4th of July

BETHEL Port office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-543-2310 (open Mon .-Fri . 8 a .m . to 5 p .m .)

Port fax: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-543-2311 Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www .cityofbethel .org VHF channels: . . . . . 10 & 16 (May 1-Nov . 1) Fish and game: . . . . . . . . . . . 907-543-2433 Pollution hotline: . . . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 AT THE DOCK Acting Port Director: Peter A . Williams pwilliams@cityofbethel .net Admin . Assistant: Ed Flores eflores@cityofbethel .net MOORAGE Up to 2,200’ of 5,000’ seawall available for transients Small boat harbor with finger floats for local small-boat fleet Dry land storage available year round, vessels and cargo RATES Rates available at www .cityofbethel .org Winter storage: $0 .30/sq . ft ./month, depending on season AMENITIES Fuel available at petroleum dock Water delivered by truck

RATES visitors: $0 .50/ft .

AMENITIES Electricity/freshwater Pay phones Fuel docks/pump-out stations Restrooms/showers HAULOUTS travel lift REPAIR FACILITIES Berkeley Marine Center MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES local fire dept .; Alta Bates Hospital

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BETHEL to BROOKINGS General, grocery stores with delis Restaurants — free delivery Book exchange at city dock office Forklifts, cranes and dock equipment— Vall dock office for list of handlers holding current terminal use permits Taxicab services

Call for larger sizes: vessels accommodated to 111 feet RATES Vessels less than 80 feet . . . . . $6 .39/foot > 80 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7 .20/foot

REPAIR FACILITIES Outboard motor repair Steel and aluminum welding available

AMENITIES Web locker, Fenced dry storage Loading pier Net repair area with reel Forklift Launch facility Wifi Pay phone Showers/llaundry

AIR TRANSPORT Daily jet service by Alaska Airlines Local villages: scheduled flights and charters

HAULOUTS Travel lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-ton Marine railway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250-ton Dock hoists at processors

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Bethel Family Clinic . . . . . 907-543-3773 Bethel Health Center Coast Guard facilities in Kodiak Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-543-6000 Bethel Search and Rescue

REPAIR FACILITIES Walsh Marine . . . . . . . . . . 360-332-5051

HAULOUTS Crane available for emergency Repairs with advance notice Beach ramp or main cargo dock

BLAINE Harbor: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-647-6176 Fax: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-332-1043 Email blaineharbor@portofbellingham .com Web . . . . . . www .portofbellingham .com VHF channels: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 & 68 Fish and game: . . . . . . . . 206-976-3200 USCG: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-734-1692 Pollution hotline: . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 360) McEvoy Oil (truck delivery): . . . 734-5650 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 360) Boundary Fish Co . Inc .: . . . . . . 332-6715 Starfish Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332-8066 Sound Pacific Seafood . . . . . . . 332-2733 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Andy Peterson MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . 629 (commercial/pleasure) Dry land storage Commercial moorage available 26–58 feet

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SPECIAL EVENTS Fishermen’s Memorial Service . . . . . May 4th July parade and fireworks

BODEGA BAY (SPUD POINT MARINA & MASON’S MARINA)

Spud Point Marina office: 707-875-3535 Spud Pt . Marina fax: . . . . 707-875-3436 Email . . . spudpoint@sonoma-county .org Web . . . . . . . . . . . . spudpointmarina .org Spud Point VHF channel: . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Mason’s Marina: . . . . . . . . . 707-875-3811 Mason’s Marina VHF channel: . . . . . . . 16 USCG Station: . . . . . . . . . . . 707-875-3596 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 707) Spud Point Fuel Dock . . . . . . . . 875-3428 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 707) North Coast Fisheries . . . . . . . . 875-3576 Tides Wharf (fish dock) . . . . . . . 875-3560 Lucas Wharf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 875-3571 Spud Point Crab Co . . . . . . . . . 875-9472 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Noah Wagner Moorage (Spud Point) Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Check for transient availability

MOORAGE (MASON’S MARINA) 30-foot slips . . . . . . . . . . . . $180/month 40-foot slips . . . . . . . . . . . . .$210/month RATES (SPUD POINT) Commercial rates (daily) Up to 30 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20 Up to 40 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25 Up to 50 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30 Up to 60 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36 Up to 90 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42 > 90 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100 Up to 30 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20 Up to 40 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30 Up to 50 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40 Up to 60 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50 Up to 90 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60 > 90 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100 Monthly Commercial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6 .55/foot Recreational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6 .88/foot AMENITIES (SPUD POINT) Flake ice facility Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . 30-amp, 50 amp Fuel and ice . . . . . . . . . 8 a .m .-3:30 p .m .

Dry storage space . . . . . . . . $90/month .

Commercial service dock/pay phones Restrooms/showers/security gates Cranes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-ton, 3-ton AMENITIES (MASON'S MARINA Gasoline/convenience 8 a .m .-5 p .m, 7 days Restrooms/showers Freshwater/electricity Locked gates and on-site security REPAIR FACILITIES Some mechanical AIR TRANSPORT Bus available to transit station SPECIAL EVENTS Fisherman’s Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . April

BROOKINGS Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541-469-2218 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541-469-0672 Email . . .info@port-brookings-harbor .org Web . . www .port-brookings-harbor .com VHF channel: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Pollution hotline: . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 541) Port of Brookings 469-2218 or VHF 12 (call

BROOKINGS to CHIGNIK for large truck quantities) PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 541) Hallmark Fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . .469-4616 BC Fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531-1827 AT THE DOCK Operations Supervisor: Travis Webster Executive Director: Ted Fitzgerald MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600 Transient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Dry land storage available RATES 24 – 70 feet-plus Daily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12-$35 Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $216-$756 Annual . . . . . . . . $37 .21/foot-$41 .67/foot AMENITIES Bulk ice Electricity/freshwater/laundry Net-mending dock/pumpout/ Dump stations Freshwater and electricity at most slips Six-lane launch ramp/retail center HAULOUTS Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25-ton crane Travel lift (16-foot beam) . . . . . . . . . . . 60-ton REPAIR FACILITIES Self-help yard, various marine businesses AIR TRANSPORT Small airport with private planes Medical/Rescue Facilities Chetco River Life Boat Station Curry County Sheriff Doctors and chiropractors available Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 miles Search & Rescue Southern Curry Mercy Flights U .S . Coast Guard

CHARLESTON

(OREGON INTERNATIONAL PORT OF COOS BAY)

Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (541) 888-2548 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (541) 888-6111 Email . . . . . . . Info@charlestonmarina .com Web . . . . . . .www .charlestonmarina .com Web . . . . . . . . . www .portofcoosbay .com VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 KVY560

Fish ansd Game: Weekly updates from Oregon Department of Fisheries and Wildlife: www .dfw .state .or .us Pollution hotline . . . . . . (US) 800-424-8802 (OR) 800-452-0311 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: John Buckley FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 541) Russell’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .888-4711 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 541) Bandon Pacific Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .888-9626 Chuck’s Seafood . . . . . . . . . . . . . .888-5525 Hallmark Fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . .888-3253 Oregon Brand Seafoods . . . . . . . .888-1748 ICE Charleston Ice Dock . . . . . . 541-888-2548 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: John Buckley MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .560-plus Transient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 plus Upland vessel storage in Charleston boatyard RATES Daily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13 .47-$30 .05 Monthly . . . . . . $7 .05/ft .; ($110 minimum, payable in advance) Semiannual up to 30 feet . . . . .$5 .10/foot/ month Annual . . . . . . . $3 .88 - $4 .23/foot/month HAULOUTS 12-ton mobile crane 7 ½ ton forklift 60-ton travel life boat hoist 200-ton marine railway at boatyard 1,000-ton dry dock (Coos Bay) Boatyard phone . . . . . . . . 541-888-3703 AMENITIES Six-lane launch ramp Fuel dock, propane, pump-outs, security Tackle, bait and marine supplies Restrooms/showers/laundromat Dry land storage REPAIR FACILITIES Giddings Boatworks Skallerud Marine Services Tarheel Steel Fabrication

Encore Enterprises (engines) AIR TRANSPORT Southwest Oregon Regional Airport, PenAir, United Charter/Rental: Coos Aviation Inc ., Menasha Corp .

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .911 Search and rescue . . . . . . .(541) 756-4141 Bay Area Hospital . . . . . . . 541) 269-8111 Bay Cities ambulance . . . .(541) 269-4355 24-hour poison hotline . .1(800) 222-1222 SPECIAL EVENTS Charleston Merchant’s Crab Feed . . . . . .

February Charleston Oyster Feed . . . . . . . . . . April Charleston Seafood Festival . . . . . August Bay Area Fun Festival . . . . . . .September Charleston Visitor’s Center . .(May – Sept) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(541) 888-2311 Coos Bay/North Bend Visitor Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(541) 269-0215

CHIGNIK City office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-749-2280 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-749-2300 VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Fish and game (summer) . 907-845-2243 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 Harbormaster’s office . . . . 907-749-4002 Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www .cityofchignik PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Trident Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . 749-2210 Trident support side . . . . . . . . . 749-2276 AT THE DOCK Contact processors via VHF Ch . 6 or 73 MOORAGE Transient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 dock, buoys (two docks in summer) Storage on land; contact processor Small boat harbor with annual, seasonal and transient moorings RATES Daily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11-$105/foot Seasonal (4 months) . . . . $307-$1094/foot Annual moorage: call harbormaster AMENITIES Year-round grocery JULY 2019 / PILOTHOUSE GUIDE

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CHIGNIK to CORDOVA Non-denominational church Community hall Electricity/freshwater Phones 5 minutes from dock Showers at bunkhouse Coffee shop Support- side dock on boardwalk HAULOUTS Two cranes at processors One 30-ton travel lift Engineers (at processors) MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES King Salmon Trooper Station . . . . . . . . . . .

907-246-3464 HospitalsKodiak, Dillingham USCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kodiak Chignik Bay Sub-Regional Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-749-2282 or VHF 6 Physician’s assistant . at clinic (summer), xray machine, advanced cardiac life support system, pharmacy and laboratory (summer), ambulance

AT THE DOCK (AREA CODE 907) Harbormaster: Alan Ellis . . . . . 749-4002

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Clinic with nurse practitioner EMTs and volunteer service ambulance Medical transport by plane to Anchorage LifeFlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-478-9111

MOORAGE Transient moorage . . Cold Bay City Dock

CORDOVA

RATES Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .six hours Daily Up to 31feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . free 32-46 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10 47-60 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$15 61-75 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$20 76-90 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50 91-105 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75 106-125 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $90 126-150 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100 >151 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100+$1/foot

Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-424-6400 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-424-6446 Email . . . . . . . Harbor@cityofcordova .net Web . . . .www .cityofcordova .net/harbor VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 & 68 USCG Sycamore . . . . . . . . 907-424-3434 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

Fish and game (seasonal) . . . 907-532-2419 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Shoreside Petroleum . . . . . . . . . 424-3264 PROCESSORS Ocean Beauty Seafoods . . . . 907-424-7171 Wild Alaska Seafoods . . . . . . 907-424-3124 Copper River Seafoods . . . . . 907-424-3721 Trident Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . 907-424-7111

AIR TRANSPORT Daily flights Grant Aviation Lake Clark Air

AMENITIES Freshwater . . . . . . . . . $15/1,000 gallons ($30 minimum, $35/use+ hookup fee) Forklift rental Pay phone at end of causeway Restrooms/showers at Bearfoot Inn

WATER TRANSPORT Alaska Marine Highway Coastal Transportation

REPAIR FACILITIES King Cove Travel lift available by reservation

MOORAGE Berths/slips (24-70 feet) . . . . . 727 berths Transient moorings

COLD BAY

AIR TRANSPORT Peninsula Airways

City Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-532-2401 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-532-2671 Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . coldbayak@arctic .net VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 & 16

TRANSPORT Alaska Marine Highway Western Pioneer / Coastal Transportation

RATES Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $41 .95/foot Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . .$13 .33/foot Daily In advance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ .99/foot .

Invoiced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1 .17/foot

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ANCHORAGE BELLINGHAM CORDOVA DILLINGHAM DUTCH HARBOR

HOMER KENAI NAKNEK SEATTLE SITKA

www.LFSMARINEOUTDOOR.COM

AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Tony Schinella

AMENITIES Electricity/freshwater on floats Laundry in town Phone hookups Showers in town and harbor office SERVICES Outboard & engine repair Welding and machine shops Marine hardware and electronic HAULOUTS 150-ton marine travel lift with washdown facilities 160-foot, 250-ton steel tidal grid 180-foot, 90-ton timber tidal grid Dry storage, pots, other marine gear Launch ramp MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES

CORDOVA to DEPOE BAY Coast Guard medical center AirVac to Anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-424-8000 Cordova Medical Clinic . . 907-424-3622 Ilanka Community Health . 907-424-3622 Gilbert Urata dentist . . . . . 907-424-7318 LifeFlight: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-478-9111 AIR TRANSPORT Daily jet service to Anchorage, Seattle Turboprop service to Anchorage charter service available

CRAIG Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-826-3404 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-826-3403 Email . . . . . . . . . . . harbors@craigak .com VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Petro Marine Services . . . . . . . . 826-3296 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) E .C . Phillips/Craig Fish . . . . . . 826-3241 Noyes Island Smoke House 907-301-1326 Island Processing . . . . . . . 801-673-9494 Wildfish Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755-2247 Klawock Oceanside . . . . . . . . . 755-2146 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster, Hans Hjort Email . . . . . . .harbormaster@craigak .com MOORAGE Transient spaces, 14-150-foot vessels $45 Daily rate: . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 .68 per foot Assigned: $22 per foot/annual Free water hookup with mooring Transient Electrical . . . . . $8/day 30 amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10/day 50 amp Gear Storage $35-$55 per month AMENITIES Electricity (120v) . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 amps (208v, single-phase) . . . . . . . . . .50 amps Freshwater on floats Garbage disposal, used-oil disposal Public restrooms and showers at harbor office at North/South Cove Harbor Two public launch ramps, parking SERVICES Outboard sales and service Marine hardware stores/grocery stores Clothing stores/laundromat Welding/fabrication

Ice house with ice for public, private, recreational, commercial

Up to 70 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44 > 70 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $63

HAULOUTS Crane: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 tons Crane: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .6 tons Four tidal grids Boat trailer for vessels up to 28 feet Hydraulic boat trailer for vessels up to 52 feet, 60 tons Storage for vessels up to 52 feet

AMENITIES Cable repair (dock area)/net-mending Ice/marine supply stores Electricity/freshwater/laundry Pay phones/restrooms/showers

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Craig Police Department: . . . . . 826-3330 Alaska State Troopers . . . . 907-826-2918 Craig Harbor Department . . . 826-3404, VHF 16 Coast Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VHF 16 Craig Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826-3257 Alicia Roberts Medical Center: 755-4800 Southeast Dental Center: . . . . . 826-2273 TRANSPORTATION: Inter-Island Ferry Authority: 866-308-4848 Island Air Express: . . . . . . 888-387-8989 Daily ferry and flights to Ketchika

HAULOUTS Dock hoists SyncroLift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 tons Travel lif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 tons REPAIR FACILITIES Fashion Blacksmith, full-service yard AIR TRANSPORT Air Ambulance Regularly scheduled airlines Medical/Rescue Facilities USCG cutter . . . . . . . . . . . .707-464-2172 Sutter Coast Hospital . . . . .707-464-8511

DEPOE BAY

CRESCENT CITY

Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541-765-2361 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541-765-2129 info@cityofdepoebay .org Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

Harbor District . . . . . . . . . 707-464-6174 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707-465-3535 VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 & 16 USCG Dorado . . . . . . . . . . 707-464-2172 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 541) Depoe Bay Fuel Station

FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 707) C . Renner Dist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465-4200

MOORAGE Transient space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 feet

AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Codie Robinson

PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 707) Alber Seafood Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464-8122 Pacific Choice Seafoods . . . . . . . 464-5558 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Charles Helms MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 (Number of transient berths varies) RATES Daily Up 30 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Up to 40 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Up to 50 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Up to 60 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$14 $25 $32 $38 JULY 2019 / PILOTHOUSE GUIDE

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DEPOE BAY to DUTCH HARBOR Reserved berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 RATES Daily: Up to 45 feet . . . . . . . . . . . $14 .50 >45 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29 Annually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $728-$1,516 AMENITIES Electricity Freshwater Restrooms Pump-out dock Hoist Fish-cleaning station HAULOUTS Boat ramp AIR TRANSPORT Newport, Ore .

Medical/Rescue Facilities Depoe Bay Fire Dept .

U .S . Coast Guard SPECIAL EVENT Annual Fleet of Flowers . . Memorial Day

DILLINGHAM Harbor emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

907-842-1069 or 911 or VHF Ch 16 Police/fire emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911 City office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-842-5211 Harbor fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-842-4573 VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Fish and game . . . . . . . . . 907-842-3958 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

Delta Western Fuel . . . . . . . . . . 842-5441 Bristol Alliance Fuels . . . . . . . . . 842-1234 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Icicle Seafoods (office) . . . . . . . 842-5204 Peter Pan Seafoods (office) . . . . 842-5415 Trident Seafoods (office) . . . . . . 842-2519 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster . . . . . . . . . . 907-842-1069 harbor@dillinghamak .us RATES Annual Under 20 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$80 >20 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4 per foot 28-32-foot gillnetters . . . . . . . . . . . .$280 Launch/haul-out Vessels up to 25 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . .$70 Vessels >25 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100 (10 percent discount if purchased in April) Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500-600 vessels AMENITIES Freshwater, laundromats, phones, Public bathhouse, shower, campground Limited crane service for vessels with current harbor registration Ice sales (contact harbormaster office for price)

Anchorage • Bethel • Dillingham • Dutch Harbor Fairbanks • Haines • Juneau Naknek • Prudhoe Bay Sitka • St. George • Yakutat

For all of your Quality fuel needs!

800.478.2688

WWW.DELTAWESTERN.COM

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MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Volunteer fire department 907-842-5354 EMS ambulance . . . . . . . . 907-842-5354 Kanakanak Hospital . . . . . 907-842-5201

DUTCH HARBOR Port office phone . . . . . . . 907-581-1254 Email . . . cchamberlain@ci .unalaska .ak .us Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-581-2519 www .unalaska-ak .us VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Delta Western Fuel . . . . . . . . . . 581-1295 North Pacific Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . 581-1350 Offshore Systems Inc . . . . . . . . 581-1827

HAULOUTS PAF Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842-5422 Squaw Creek Boat Movers . . 842-4220

PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Alyeska Seafoods Inc . . . . . . . . 581-1211 Icicle Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282-0988 Royal Aleutian Sfds . . . . . . . . . . 581-1671 Trident Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . 581-1241 Unisea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581-1258 Westward Seafoods . . . . . . . . . 581-1660

REPAIR FACILITIES Repairs available for aluminum, glass, wood, props, hydraulics and engines

AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: John Days 24 hours, 7 days a week

FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907)

Marine Fuels Lubricants & Greases Heating Fuels Package Products Unleaded Gasoline Filters Avgas Industrial Cleaners & Supplies Jet – A Fuel Additives

AIR TRANSPORT Peninsula Airways . . . . . . . . 907-842-5559 Alaska Airlines . . . . . . . . . . 800-252-7522 Frontier Flying Svc . . . . . . . 800-478-6779

Supplying the Ultimate Trawl Gear and Services to Alaska Fishing Communities.

NET Systems, Inc 2663 Airport Beach Rd. Dutch Harbor, AK 99692 Ph: 907-581-2900 Fax: 907-581-2850 gmanager@arctic.net

DUTCH HARBOR to ELFIN COVE

MOORAGE Iliuliuk Harbor: 15-plus privately owned docks, small boat floats near Unisea Inn City dock includes Horizon container crane Compulsory pilotage by Southeast Alaska Pilot’s Association and Alaska Marine Pilots. To avoid delay, contact port at least 12 hours prior to ETA Cranes.

100,000-pound Paceo containr lift at APL facility; mobile cranes up to 150 tons elsewhere. Request through shipping agents or West Construction on VHF 9.

Land storage on request RATES Competitive with other Alaska ports; daily, monthly moorage AMENITIES Electricity . . . . . Spit & Light cargo docks Potable water . . city dock, fuel docks and processors HAULOUTS Container crane Private marine ways up to 400 gross tons REPAIR FACILITIES Divers available for underwater surveys and repairs Most deck, hull, engine, radar, gyro, hydraulic, electrical, refrigeration and marine electronic repairs AIR TRANSPORT PenAir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-581-1383 Air shuttle to/from Akutan MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES

USCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-581-3466 Health clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . local Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kodiak USCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kodiak Local police/fire/ambulance

At public dock: Fishing vessel tie-ups Freshwater Solid waste removal Police department

SPECIAL EVENTS July 4th celebration

REPAIR FACILITIES Unavailable

EGEGIK

AIR TRANSPORT Peninsula Airways . . . . . . . . . daily service Arctic Circle Air Inc.

City office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-233-2400 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-233-2231 cityofegegik@starband.net VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Clinic: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-233-2229

PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Alaska General Seafoods (AGS) 233-2212 Icicle Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233-2205

No port or city office Contact Cross Sound Marketing Association at 907-239-2300 (www.fairweatherfish.com) VHF channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Fish and game (Douglas). . . 907-465-4250 Pollution hot line . . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

(COFFEE POINT)

MOORAGE Freight and public use Dry land storage at canneries Egegik City Dock – 40 x 80 feet: freight only RATES Fishing vessels: $10/day; $125/season

Anchorage • Bethel • Dillingham • Dutch Harbor Fairbanks • Haines • Juneau Naknek • Prudhoe Bay Sitka • St. George • Yakutat

For all of your Quality fuel needs!

800.478.2688

WWW.DELTAWESTERN.COM

WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU NEED US. ANCHORAGE BELLINGHAM CORDOVA DILLINGHAM DUTCH HARBOR

MOORAGE No assigned berths Transients . . . . .approximately 25 spaces RATES No charge for moorage

AMENITIES At canneries: Electricity Freshwater Net-mending dock Pay phones/showers Restrooms/laundry Solid-waste dumpster

LFS MARINE SUPPLIES Marine Fuels Lubricants & Greases Heating Fuels Package Products Unleaded Gasoline Filters Avgas Industrial Cleaners & Supplies Jet – A Fuel Additives

ELFIN COVE

HOMER KENAI NAKNEK SEATTLE SITKA

www.LFSMARINEOUTDOOR.COM

AMENITIES Elfin General Store Hydraulic press; hydraulic hoses and fittings.

Commercial fishing gear and clothing.

Grocery store Seven lodges in area, primarily in summer Coho’s Restaurant Fuel service gasoline and diesel Freshwater at floats Showers/laundry June through midSeptember HAULOUTS Tidal grid . . . . . . . . vessels up to 60 feet REPAIR FACILITIES Pelican: mechanical repairs; Shipwright: Juneau, Hoonah, Wrangell Sitka or contact David and Susan Abel at 907-957-0837 Welding by Happy Thoughts and by Mike Nelson Fabrication and Repair JULY 2019 / PILOTHOUSE GUIDE

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EUREKA to FALSE PASS

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES No medical service available; Hospitals: Juneau or Sitka USCG: Juneau or Sitka AIR TRANSPORT Floatplanes operate daily in summer Special events . . . . . . July 4th celebration

EUREKA

(HUMBOLDT BAY)

AMENITIES Bar/cafe Electricity/bilge pumpout Feshwater/laundry/showers Work-yard/hoists Pay phones/restrooms Sewage pumpouts HAULOUTS & REPAIR FACILITIES 1-ton and 2-ton hoists Travel lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 tonst AIR TRANSPORT United Express

Showers Laundry Several pump-a-heads Two dump stations Wifi HAULOUTS Travel lifts (two) . . . . . . . . .35 and 75 tons MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES (AREA CODE 425) Everett General Hospital . . . . . 261-2000 Providence Everett Medical Center Colby Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261-2000 Pacific Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261-2000

Harbor District . . . . . . . . . 707-443-0801 District Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . 707-443-0800 showser@humboldtbay .org www .humboldtbay .org VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 & 16 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES (AREA CODE 707) Mad River Comm . Hospital . . . . 822-3621 St . Joseph’s Hospital . . . . . . . . . 445-8121 USCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839-6100

AIR TRANSPORT Paine Field Airport (general aviation) Seattle-Tacoma Int’l Airport about an hour away

FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 707) Englund Marine Supply . . . . . . .444-9266

EVERETT

FALSE PASS

PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 707) Caito Brothers Fisheries . . . . . .443-0550 Pacific Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442-2981 Wild Planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .840-9116

Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425-259-6001 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425-259-0860 Marina@portofeverett .com www .portofeverett .com VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Fish and wildlife . . . . . . . . 425-775-1311 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

Port/City Office . . . . . . . . 907-548-2319 Port/City Fax . . . . . . . . . . 907-548-2214 cityoffalsepass@ak .net http://home .gci .net/~cityoffalsepass/ VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

AT THE DOCK Dockmaster: Suzie V . Howser Showser@humboldtbay .org MOORAGE Woodley Island Marina Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237s RATES Daily/monthly/annual by the foot

HANSEN BOAT CO. NEW CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR

visit us at:

HANSENBOAT.COM (425) 252-4021 4124 34th Ave NE, Everett WA. 98201

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FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 425) Port fuel dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388-0689 Processors (Area Code 425) Northport Fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . 335-3466 At the Dock Harbor Attendant: Jeff Lozeau MOORAGE Permanent moorage for commercial seiners and gillnetters Limited rafting and temporary moorage available RATES Commercial seine . . . . $7 .06/foot/month Rafting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$0 .85/foot/day AMENITIES Full-service marina Boat repair & supplies Electricity Freshwater Pay phones Restaurants Light provisions Hotel

PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Peter Pan Seafoods Fish Camp548-2208 Bering Pacific Seafoods . . . . . 548-2347 RATES False Pass City Dock Grace 6 hours (48 loading/unloading) All others LENGTH (feet) DAY RATES MONTH 0-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1 .50 . . . . .($15 MIN .)

21-31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26 . . . . . . . . . . $450 32-46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28 . . . . . . . . . . $480 47-60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32 . . . . . . . . . $540 61-75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40 . . . . . . . . . $630 76-90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $52 . . . . . . . . . . $810 91-105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $66 . . . . . . . . .$1,020 106-125 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $80 . . . . . . . .$1,230 126-150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $94 . . . . . . . .$1,440 151-175 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $108 . . . . . . . .$1,650 176-200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $114 . . . . . . . . .$1,740 201-225 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $121 . . . . . . . . .$1,860 226-250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $128 . . . . . . . . .$1,980 251-275 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $135 . . . . . . . . .$2,100 276-300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150 . . . . . . . . .$2,310 AMENITIES Accommodations 88 vessels 30-120 feet

FALSE PASS to FRIDAY HARBOR Crab pot storage: Isanotski Corp Freshwater Fuel: False Pass Fuel at City Dock Water: on floats Electricity: $25 hookup and $8/day 69 very nice people and 1 old grouch!

BOAT HAULOUT Hydraulic boat trailer: . . . . . . . . to 44 feet MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Clinic Volunteer service Ambulance Medical transport by plane to Anchorage via Cold Bay REPAIR FACILITIES King Cove AIR TRANSPORT Grant Aviation flights three days a week, weather permitting

FLORENCE

AMENITIES Electricity/freshwater Laundry Restrooms/showers Fuel dock 30- to 50-amp three-phase power on transient dock Two dump stations HAULOUTS Dock hoist for gear and product only Marine railway

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES USCG, hospital

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Peace Harbor Hospital . . . 541-997-8412 Western Lane Ambulance Siuslaw Coast Guard station

FRIDAY HARBOR

SPECIAL EVENTS Rhododendron Festival . . . . . . . . . . May

Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-378-2688 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-378-6114 www .portfridayharbor .org VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-A Fish and game . . . . . . . . . 206-976-3200 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

FORT BRAGG

Port of Siuslaw 100 Harbor St .

Florence, OR 97439 www .portofsiuslaw .com port@portofsiuslaw .com Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541-997-3426 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541-997-9407 Pollution hot line . . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 RV campground office . . . . . 541-997-3040

Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707-964-4719 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707-964-4710 Noyohd@yahoo .com VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-A USCG Noyo River . . . . . . . 707-964-6612 Fish and game . . . . . . . . . 707-964-9078 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 707) Caito Fisheries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . 964-6368

FUEL DOCK Hours . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 a .m .-3 p .m . daily $10 after-hours surcharge Call 541-999-0736 to request fueling

AT THE DOCK Port Manager: Justin Pyorre

PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 541) Contact port manager

MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265 Dry-land storage Waiting list for small vessels

RATES Daily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15 to $26 Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $98 to $265 Annually . . . . . . . . . . . . . $791 to $1,538

REPAIR FACILITIES Nearby

SPECIAL EVENTS 4th of July . . . . . . . . . . Salmon barbecue

(NOYO HARBOR DISTRICT)

MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Transient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Limited dry land storage

HAULOUTS Dock hoists/marine railways

REPAIR FACILITIES Winchester Bay

(SIUSLAW)

AT THE DOCK Port Manager

Net-mending area Restrooms/showers

RATES Daily: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20-$30 AMENITIES Electricity Freshwater Pay phones Laundromat Pharmacy Deli Grocery store/shopping center

FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 360) I .P .S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378-3114 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Tami Hayes tamih@portfridayharbor .org MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436 Foating breakwater . . . . . . . . . 1,500 feet Commercial vessels . . . . . . . . . .$70/foot Boat ramp . . . . . . . . . .1 mile from marina Private yard . . . . . . . . . . . on-land storage AMENITIES Two floats: net repair and equipment loading Electricity Freshwater, showers Laundry HAULOUTS 2-ton crane Full-service shipyard nearby Travel lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to 40 feet REPAIR FACILITIES Private yard and several shops repair aluminum, glass, wood Engine and electronics repairs Medical/Rescue Facilities JULY 2019 / PILOTHOUSE GUIDE

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FRIDAY HARBOR to HAINES Peace Island Med Center 360-378-2141 USCG Bellingham and Port Angeles AIR TRANSPORT 3,400-foot runway with daily flights; largest commercial seaplane base in lower 48

GARIBALDI Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503-322-3292 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503-322-0029 info@portofgaribaldi .org www .portofgaribaldi .org VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Fish and game . . . . . . . . . 503-842-2741 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

SPECIAL EVENTS Crab races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March Blessing of the Fleet . . . . . . . . . . . . May Bounty on the Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . June Garibaldi Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July

GIG HARBOR Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . .253-851-8136 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253-851-8563 Gigharborguide@cityofgigharbor .net www .gigharborguide .com Fish and game . . . . . . . . .206-976-3200 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . .800-424-8802 Visitor Information . . . . . .253-853-3554 or www .gigharborguide .com

AT THE DOCK Port Manager: Michael Saindon

MOORAGE Transient space . . . . . . . . . Jerisich Dock Free day use, boats moored past 7p .m . must register at kiosk .

Maximum stay: Three days in 10-day period Peak season . . . .$1/foot ($20 minimum) Off-peak . . . . . $ .50/foot ($10 minimum) Private docks available

MOORAGE 277 berths/300 linear feet for guests

RATES Jerisich Park Pier . . . . . . . . . nominal fee

RATES Daily: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20-$25 Weekly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $120-$150 Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400-$475 Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400-$1,335 Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $850-$1,500

AMENITIES 13 netsheds Marine hardware store Restrooms Tavern/restaurants/shops Grocery stores Seasonal trolley June 2-Sept 7 Visitor center at historic Skansie House Welcome plaza

FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 503) Garibaldi Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . 322-3312 Tillamook Bay Boathouse . . . . . 322-3600 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 503) Garibaldi Cannery . . . . . . . . . . . 322-3344 Pacific Seafood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861-2201

HAULOUTS Dock hoist for gear and product only (call office to schedule) REPAIR FACILITIES Big Tuna Marine . . . . . . . .503-349-4892 AIR TRANSPORT Tillamook (13 miles), charter planes only AMENITIES Freshwater/electricity on guest dock Restrooms/showers Restaurants Dump station MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES USCG:Tillamook Bay Volunteer fire/medical

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HAULOUTS Travel lift: . . . . . . . . . . . 65 feet/85 tons SPECIAL EVENTS Paddlers Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April Blessing of the Fleet . . . . . . . . . . . . June Waterfront Farmers Market . . Thursdays June – August Maritime Gig Festival, . . . . . . . . . . June Lighted Boat Parade, . . . . . . December Gig Harbor Chum Fest . . . . . September

GOLD BEACH Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . .541-247-6269

Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541-247-6268 Portoffice@portofgoldbeach .com VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . .800-424-8802 AT THE DOCK Port Manager: Andy Wright MOORAGE 75 slips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to 24 feet 36 slips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to 40 feet 3 slips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to 80 feet 1 slip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 feet Dry-land storage available RATES Commercial vessels 20-61 feet Daily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13 .75 to $33 Monthly: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $120 to $240 Annually: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $450 to $810 AMENITIES Electricity on commercial dock Freshwater/restrooms (no showers) Restaurants/shops on port property MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Curry General Hospital . . .541-247-6621 USCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . June-September .

SPECIAL EVENTS Rogue River jet boat marathon, . . . June Fireworks and Bash on the Bay . . July 4

HAINES Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . .907-766-2448 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . .907-314-0173 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907-766-3010 VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Fish and game . . . . . . . . .907-766-2830 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . .800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Haines Propane . . . . . . . . . . . 766-3191 Delta Western Fuel . . . . . . . . . 766-3190 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Dejon Delights . . . . . . . . . . . . 766-2505 Bell’s Seafood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766-2950 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Shawn Bell Assistant: 907-314-0640 MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

HAINES to HOMER Transient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Dry-land storage . . . . .$0 .15/square foot RATES Annual . . . . . . . . . . . $0 .95/square foot) Transient . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 .50/foot/day Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5/foot AMENITIES Electricity Freshwater Pay phone Showers and laundry Ice delivery by the ton HAULOUTS City tidal grid/private haulout nearby REPAIR FACILITIES Two boatbuilders offer repairs MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Doctors and dentist at health center USCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Juneau AIR TRANSPORT Wings of Alaska Air Excursions

HOMER 4311 Freight Dock Road, Homer, AK 99603 Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . .907-235-3160 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907-235-3152 Port@ci .homer .ak .us http://port .ci .homer .ak .us VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 & 10 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907)

Homer Fuel Dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

235-8548 Petro Marine Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

235-8818 PROCESSORS/BUYERS (AREA CODE 907) Alaskan Fish Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

235-1300 Icicle Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

235-8107 Kachemak Bay Seafood . . . . . . . . . . . . .

299-1551 Snug Harbor Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

283-6122 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Bryan Hawkins Ice plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

907-235-3162 Port maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

907-235-3164 MOORAGE Reserved stalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

920 750-foot transient float system with 3-phase power for large vessels Transient moorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to 150 feet Fish dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

383 feet plus 2 berths Cranes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 (24 hours) Crane card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $52/year; Crane time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22 .66 per 15 minutes .

Ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $130 .90 per ton

LFS MARINE SUPPLIES

WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU NEED US. Providing safe, full-scope air medical transport services throughout Alaska utilizing jets, turbo-props and helicopters..

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KINEMATICS

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Durable, Dependable Quality Deck Equipment For Over 30 Years

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HOMER MARINE TRADES A SSOCIATION

Choose Homer for Your Boat Work

ALASKA

Homer

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HOMER to HYDABURG Deep-water dock . 345 feet, 3 breasting dolphins, 2 mooring buoys Depth at low tide . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 feet Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 tons Cold storage/bait lockers available Fully secured dock for regulated vessels Water delivery available on face of dock Pioneer Dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 feet Water depth (low water) 40 feet Fully secured dock for regulated vessels Water and fuel delivery available Commercial barge ramp Paved ramp inside harbor basin; Contact harbormaster for use agreement, wharfage, and landing fees RATES Annual . . . . . $46 .63/foot (plus $50 fee) Contact harbormaster for daily, monthly and semiannual fees AMENITIES Five-lane boat ramp . . . $13 per launch, Launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $130 24-hour security in harbor Transient float . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000 feet Electricity Freshwater Laundry and shower facilities Supplies and groceries available HAULOUTS Steel tidal grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 tons Wooden tidal grid . . . . . . . . . . . 50 tons Private mobile crane Travel lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-foot, 70-ton REPAIR FACILITIES Numerous local businesses meet marine repair needs (see Homer Marine Trades for a current list at www .homermarinetrades .com) EMERGENCY/MEDICAL FACILITIES 110-foot USCG vessel . . .907-235-5336 USCG Auxiliary, Rescue 21907-235-7277 USCG buoy tender . . . . . .907-235-5234 Pollution incidents: USCG 907-235-3292 Dentists, doctors in town South Peninsula Hospital 907-235-8101 AIR TRANSPORT Daily flights Era Aviation . . . . . . . . . . .800-866-8394 SPECIAL EVENTS Winter Carnival . . . . . . . . . . . . . February Winter King Salmon Tournament Marcht

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Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival . May Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby . . . . . . . .

May–September Homer Shopping Derby May-September July 4 .Parade and annual car/ATV raffle

HOONAH Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . .907-945-3670 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907-945-3674 Hoonahharbor@gmail .com VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 9, 14 Fish and game (Douglas) .907-465-4250 Fish and wildlife protection . . . . . . . . . . .

907-945-3620 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . .800-424-8802 US Customs (call-in) . . . . .907-586-7211 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Hoonah Trading Fuel . . . . . . . 945-3211 VHF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Hill Fuel LLC . . . . 945-3125 or 723-6035 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Hoonah Cold Storage . . . . . . 945-3264 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: . . . . . . . . . . .Sherry Mills MOORAGE Transient spaces . . . . approximately 100 Berths (footage) . . 20, 24, 30, 40, 48, 62 Accommodation for 250-foot transient RATES Transient Up to 80 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 .70/foot >81 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1 .50/foot Weekly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5x daily rate Monthly: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7/foot Three-month: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15/foot Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24/foot Per-foot rates do not include 6 .5% tax AMENITIES Electricity available in stalls 30 amps . . . . . . . . $7 .50 daily minimum 50 amps . . . . . . . . . .$20 daily minimum Pressure washer Harbor building winter and summer hours Showers (metered), laundry Change machine Dry storage available Freshwater Waste oil drum . . . . . . . . . . . . spring/fall Dumpsters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . spring/fall

Crew, sport fishing, and hunting licenses avail at Tideland Tackle Post office Restrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . spring/fall Vehicle access drive-down loading zone Wifi in near future HAULOUTS Tidal grid, inner harbor Double-lane launch ramp, inner harbor Dockside hoist Hydraulic trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 tons Travel lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 tons REPAIR FACILITIES Aluminum shop Divers available Fiberglass repair General marine services/supply stores Shipwright in town: two portable welders MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Hoonah Medical Center . .907-945-2735 Nurse, health aide, community healthand behaviorial health-practitioners Dental hygienist and dental assistant Minimal x-ray capabilities Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Juneau Police, Fire and ambulance Department of Public Safety . . . . . . . . .

907-945-3655 AIR TRANSPORT Airport for light aircraft Floatplane dock Scheduled commuter flights . .two daily WATERWAY TRANSPORT Barge spring-fall weekly service State ferry service . . . . up to four weekly SPECIAL EVENTS July 4th celebration Two carving locations Zipline, available on cruise ship days

HYDABURG Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . .907-285-3761 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907-285-3670 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . .800-424-8802 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Wesley Minch MOORAGE

HYDABURG to JUNEAU Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Transient berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-30 Limited dry space available

Dry land storage Transient berths

RATES Annually: $13/foot, prorated daily or montly

RATES Daily Under 51 feet . . . . . . . . . . . $13 – $21 .75 51 – 75 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27 .25 > 76 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$50 Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8/foot Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25 – $26/foot

AMENITIES Electricity and cable TV access Waste oil/garbage holding disposal cans Crew licenses at general store Water at dock/mooring floats Grocery store, deli, gifts Net-mending on dock-mooring floats Divers Post office Church

AIR TRANSPORT Promech Airlines bush pilot service

AMENITIES Bus service Dockside motels Electricity Freshwater Restrooms/public showers Fuel dock Garbage service Shops/galleries Pay phones Restaurants Back-in launch Seafood stores

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Health clinic . . . . . . . . . . . 907-285-3462 public safety officer . . . . . 907-285-3322 907-401-1249 Ambulance, EMS squad . . . . . . .24 hours

HAULOUTS Travel hoist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 tons Stationary hoist Repair facilities Self- and full-service boatyard

SPECIAL EVENTS July 4th celebration Culture Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July

AIR TRANSPORT Airport for small craft

HAULOUTS Tidal grid adjacent to boat harbor, up to 65’

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES USCG Ocean Beach Hospital

ILWACO Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www .portofilwaco .org Fish and game . . . . . . . . .

Pollution hotline . . . . . . . .

360-642-3143 360-642-3148 360-976-3200 800-424-8802

FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 360) Ilwaco Fuel Dock . . . . . . . . . . . 642-2435 Wilcox Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642-3231 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 360) Jessie’s Ilwaco Fish Co . . . . . . . . 642-3773 AT THE DOCK Port Manager: Guy Glenn Jr . gglenn@portofilwaco .org MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800

SPECIAL EVENTS Saturday market May through September Blessing of the Fleet Loyalty Days Fireworks at the Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . July Slow Drag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .September www .funbeach .com www .portofilwaco .com

Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Tesoro Fuel Dock . . . . . . . . . . . 586-2402 Delta Western Fuel . . . . . . . . . . 586-2800 Donohue’s Marina . . . . . . . . . . . 789-7851 Petro Marine Services . . . . . . . . 586-4400 Taku Oil Fuel Dock . . . . . . . . . . 586-1276 Seadrome Marina . . . . . . . . . . . 463-8811 Fisherman’s Bend . . . . . . . . . . . 789-7312 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Alaska Seafood Co . . . . . . . . . . 780-5111 Jerry’s Meat & Seafoods . . . . . . 789-5142 Alaska Glacier Seafoods . . . . . . 790-3590 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: David Borg . . 907-586-5255 (or VHF 16) Juneau marine operator (ALASCOM) VHF 25 or 26 Port Director: Carl Uchytil . 907-586-0292 Carl .Uchytil@juneau .org MOORAGE Transient spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500 Transient moorage downtown . . . 800 feet Can accommodate vessels up to 250 feet 800-foot deep-draft dock available with three-phase power from Oct . 1 – April 30 in the downtown area for over-winter moorage Waiting list for berths . . . . . . . . .45 vessels RATES Daily moorage rates and other fees avail . on the web and PDF format AMENITIES Electricity and freshwater year-round, all

JUNEAU Harbor Office . . . . . . . . . . 907-586-5255 Harbor Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-586-2507 David .Borg@juneau .org www .juneau .org/harbors VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 & 16 USCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-478-5555 Fish and game (Douglas) . 907-465-4250 JULY 2019 / PILOTHOUSE GUIDE

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JUNEAU to KETCHIKAN floats Ice Showers and laundry Pay phones and phone hookups

Providing safe, full-scope air medical transport services throughout Alaska utilizing jets, turbo-props and helicopters..

24-HOUR MEDEVAC DISPATCH:

1-800-478-5433 lifemedalaska.com

MEMBERSHIP $49 per year

HAULOUTS Cranes 4 (two on 240-foot fish dock and two on 180-foot dock) Private haulouts Tidal grids at Harris Harbor REPAIR FACILITIES Minor repair available MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES USCG Aircraft at Sitka Bartlett Memorial Hospital . 907-586-2611 Dentist Private emergency care facility AIR TRANSPORT Daily flights/jet service SPECIAL EVENTS 4th of July celebration Concerts in Marine Park . . . . . . . . Fridays Statewide Folk Festival . . . . . . . . .March Juneau Jazz and Classics Festival . . May Juneau Maritime Festival

KAKE Portage Harbor . . . . . . . . 907-785-3804 Harbor Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-785-4815 VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16/CB 15 Police Department . . . . . . 907-785-3393

Marine Fuels Lubricants & Greases Heating Fuels Package Products Unleaded Gasoline Filters Avgas Industrial Cleaners & Supplies Jet – A Fuel Additives

Anchorage • Bethel • Dillingham • Dutch Harbor Fairbanks • Haines • Juneau Naknek • Prudhoe Bay Sitka • St. George • Yakutat

For all of your Quality fuel needs!

800.478.2688

WWW.DELTAWESTERN.COM

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Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Kake Tribal Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785-3601 Processor (toll-free) Kake Foods Inc . . . . . . . . . . 800-524-2487 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Wilbur Brown Sr .

MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Inside portage Transient berths . . . . . . . . . .as necessary (Waiting list) RATES Daily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$0 .30/foot .

Annually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6/foot .

AMENITIES Hotels Rooms and showers Grocery stores Laundry HAULOUTS Tidal grids . . . .two uptown and at Portage REPAIR FACILITIES Gunnuck Creek Mechanics MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Ambulance and clinic (Kake EMS) AIR TRANSPORT Alaska Seaplanes Several charters SPECIAL EVENTS Dog Salmon Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 17th annual Culture Camp . . . . . . . . . July

KENAI City of Kenai . . . . . . . . . . . 907-283-7535 Harbormaster . . . . . . . . . 907-283-8240 www .ci .kenai .ak .us Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Coast Guard . . . . . . . . . . . 907-690-2098 Coast Guard station . . . . . . . . . . . Kodiak Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soldotna

KETCHIKAN

KETCHIKAN to KING COVE

Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-228-5632 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-247-3610 Stevec1@city .ketchikan .ak .us www .city .ketchikan .ak .us/ds/ph .html VHF channels . . . . . . 16 or 73 (preferred) CG Marine Safety . . . . . . . 907-225-4496 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Anderes Oil Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225-2163 Petro Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225-1985 Petro Marine Services . . . . . . . . 225-2106 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Alaska General Seafoods . . . . . 225-2906 Blue Fin Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . 225-5328 EC Phillips & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 225-3121 Silver Lining Seafoods . . . . . . . 225-6664 Trident Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . 225-4191 AT THE DOCK Steve Corporon, director of port/harbors Dan Berg, senior assistant harbormaster Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 a .m .-5 p .m .; Summer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 a .m .-10 p .m .

MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,068 Transient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Waiting list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 RATES Daily Harbor rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 .84/foot Port rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 .33-$2 .54/foot (30- and 90-day permits available)

Reserved moorage, six months: Inside city limits . . . . . . . . . . $17 .24/foot .

Outside city limits . . . . . . . . . $20 .49/foot .

Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 .14/per foot AMENITIES 120-foot drive-down float at Bar Harbor South 70- by 90-foot fishing gear repair float at Bar Harbor North Electricity . . . .Casey Moran Harbor (City Float) Freshwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . all harbors Showers/laundry available near Bar Harbor HAULOUTS Dry dock at local yard Haulout at marina in Refuge Cove Marine ways and travel-lifts available at repair yards Tidal grids (three) . . . . . . . . . . . .to 80 feet Tidal grid at Bar Harbor . . . . . .to 60 feet

Ketchikan Medical Center 225-5171 Medevac flights to Seattle Search and rescue aircraft from Sitka Ambulance Service (Ketchikan Fire Department) Fireboat Harry Newell AIR TRANSPORT Jet runway with daily flights Local flight services SPECIAL EVENTS August Blueberry Festival 907-225-3184

KING COVE Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-497-2237

REPAIR FACILITIES Two repair yards for aluminum, glass, wooden boats Mobile welding service Electronic, refrigeration, engine, hydraulic repair services available MEDICAL/RESCUE (AREA CODE 907) USCG Search and rescue and emergency Two 110-foot Island Class patrol boats Two 25-foot response (homeland security) boats 47-foot motor life boat

KODIAK SHIPYARD For boats up to 660 tons and 42’ beam The ideal place to work on your boat: y y y y

Centrally located in the North Pacific.

Heated washpad with washwater recycling.

Do it yourself or turnkey services.

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KING COVE to KODIAK Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-497-2649 harbor@kingcoveak .org VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Peter Pan Seafoods . . . . . . . . . 497-2234 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Charles Mack MOORAGE 3,600 square foot . harbor cargo warehouse/ Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Transient moorage space . . . . 1500 feet Crab pot storage . . . . . . . . . . .four acres City ferry and freight dock Upland and warehouse storage Processor dock handles cargo RATES Call for rates Crab pots . . . . . . . .$0 .25/month per pot Over dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2 .02/pot Wharfage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5 .40/ton AMENITIES Churches Taxis Motel, restaurants and bars AA meetings Community library and recreation programs Electricity, water General store/marine supplies Processor store and cafeteria Vehicle rentals Container handling . . . . . 80,000 pounds

Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . Three new acres

NOAA/NMFS . . . . . . . . . . 907-486-3298 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

HAULOUTS Travel-lift Forklift and other heavy equipment Tidal grid up to 80’ capacity

FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Petro Star d .b .a . Kodiak Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486-3245, VHF 16 & 74 Petro Marine . . . . . . . . 486-3421, VHF 10

REPAIR FACILITIES fiberglass/carpentry/welding

PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Alaska Pacific Seafoods . . . . . . 486-3234 Global Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . . 486-0355 Pacific Seafoods/Island Seafoods . . . . . .

486-8575 Ocean Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486-5791 Trident Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . 486-3266

AIR TRANSPORT service 6 days/week to and from Anchorag MEDICAL/RESCUE (AREA CODE 907) Fire dept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497-2555 King Cove Med . Clinic . . . . . . . . 497-2311 Police (non-emergency .) . . . . . . . 497-2210 EMT rescue squad/health clinic Emergency Medevacs available Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anchorage Volunteer fire department and rescue boat

KODIAK Harbormaster’s office (8 a .m .-5 p .m .

Monday-Friday) . . . . . . . . . .907-486-8080 907-486-8081 (VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 & 16 Wireless Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #6926 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907-486-8090 harboremail@city .kodiak .ak .us http://www .city .kodiak .ak .us/ph Kodiak Police Deptartment907-486-8000 Kodiak Fire Department . . 907-486-8040 USCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-486-5918 Fish and game Commercial fisheries . . . . 907-486-1830

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NET Systems, Inc Kodiak Branch, 325 Shelikof St. Kodiak, AK 99615 Ph: 907.486.5350 Fax: 907.486.2655 nets@gci.net

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Spring of 2020

AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Lon White lwhite@city .kodiak .ak .us Deputy harbormaster: Derrik Magnuson dmagnuson@city .kodiak .ak .us MOORAGE Over 600 berths for vessels up to 150ft Waitlist for exclusive moorage (long term) Transient hot berth available Three piers for larger vessels and two docks at harbor for unloading gear Short-term storage on land for staging of fishing gear and equipment RATES Call harbor office or visit us online AMENITIES Pier II Fisherman Terminal 925-foot blacktop stage area, Complete web-mending areas Sewage disposal

KODIAK to METLAKATLA Electricity/potable water on floats Wireless internet 907-486-4646 Kodiak Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center Marine Supplies Radar repair Safety services Vessel lettering Coffee shop/restaurants/fast food Rental car Motels/bed and breakfast Laundry/public restrooms Barber shop Public library, free internet access US Post Office, FedEx and UPS Local museums Movie theatre Cargo/freight shipping and receiving services HAULOUTS 600-ton travel lift Shipyard and washdown facility: http://kodiakboatyard.com/ or call 907-486-8080 Tidal grid up to 350 tons Travel lift available for vessels under 150 tons Vendor list available by calling the office REPAIR FACILITIES Fuller’s Boatyard available for aluminum, glass, wood; lifting capacity 150-200 tons MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Kodiak City Ambulance /EMT’s/Fire-rescue USCG station is main base for central and western Alaska Providence Kodiak Island Hospital: 25 beds, ICU and surgery . . . . 907-486-3281 Medevac flights available Kodiak Island Medical . . . . 907-486-6065 Kodiak Public Health Center907-486-3199 Kodiak Island Ambulatory Care . . . . . . . .

907-486-6188 Dental /eye clinic in town AIR TRANSPORT Ravn Airlines . . . . . . . . . . . 907-266-8394 www.flyravn.com Alaska Airlines . . . . . . . . . 800-252-7522 Jet runway with daily flights Island Air Service . . . . . . . 907-487-4596 Paklook Air Inc . . . . . . . . . 907-487-9797 SPECIAL EVENTS Crab Festival. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May

Memorial Day Celebration . . . . . . . . . . . May Blessing of the fleet July 4 celebration Alaska State Fair and Rodeo . . . . . . . . . .

Labor Day weekend For more information . . . . . 907-486-5557 Comfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . early spring

LA CONNER (PORT OF SKAGIT COUNTY)

AIR TRANSPORT Skagit Regional Airport, 8 miles SPECIAL EVENTS Daffodil Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March July, 4th fireworks and concert Classic car and boat show . . . . . .August

LA PUSH

(QUILEUTE MARINA) Marina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-466-3118 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-466-3119 visitor@portofskagit.com www.portofskagit.com/la-conner-marina/ VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66A Fish and game . . . . . . . . . 206-976-3200 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 360) La Conner Landing . . . . . . . . . . 466-4478 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Kody Skvaril MOORAGE Two 1200-foot guest docks Covered slips, vessels 26-50 feet . . . 360 Open slips, vessels 30-60 feet . . . . . 130 RATES Daily:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1/foot Oct 1-April 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . $.80/foot Monthly: open . . . . . . . . . . . . $6.47-9.77 Monthly: covered . . . . . . . . . $8.48-14.51 AMENITIES Electricity/freshwater/showers/ laundry Gas/diesel/propane Transportation to/from town RV Park with 68 site HAULOUTS 35- and 110-ton travel lift nearby Sling launch Upland storage REPAIR FACILITIES Full service boatyard MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Medical center . . . . . . . . . 360-466-3136 Dentists Health clinic Nearest hospital . . . . . . . . Mount Vernon USCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bellingham

Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-374-5392 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-374-6311 VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Fish and game . . . . . . . . . 206-976-3200 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Jene Ewan MOORAGE Slips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Transient berths AMENITIES Electricity/freshwater Pay phones Showers/restrooms/laundry room (R.V. Park and store) Sewage pumpout New boat ramp New fuel, waste-oil facility Dock carts Lonesome Creek Store Beach front cabins, hotel, campgrounds Ocean Park Resort River’s Edge Restaurant HAULOUTS Ramp MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Coast Guard, Quillayute River Station SPECIAL EVENTS Quileute Days (baseball tournament, canoe races, food, music, fireworks). July

METLAKATLA Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-886-464 Harbor Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-886-7997 VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 and 80 Fish and game (Ketchikan) 907-225-5195 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 JULY 2019 / PILOTHOUSE GUIDE

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FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Annette Island Gas Services . . . . 886-7851 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Annette Island Cold Storage . . 886-4661 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Anthony Gogert 886-4646 MOORAGE Transient berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Private dry-land storage available RATES Daily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5-$10/day Annually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5 .50/foot AMENITIES Electricity: . . . . . . . . . . $5/day for visitors Freshwater Pay phone at grocery store Police station HAULOUTS Three tidal grids available Marine railways . . Annette Island Packing Contact: Harbor Office AIR TRANSPORT Pacific Air and Promech Air MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Annette Island Service Unit Metlakatla Volunteer Fire Dept .

MOSS LANDING

District berths available to 100-plus feet Transient $1/foot/night $11 .10/foor/month Includes amenities fee Assigned $6 .98/ foot/month plus amenity fee of $48 (Less 3 percent paid in advance AMENITIES Fuel dock/groceries Laundromat/showers/restrooms Yacht club Post office/ Six-lane launch ramps Liquor store/restaurants Six-pack fishing/nature tours/whale watching/kayak rentals RV park/Barbecues/picnic tables/playground Bilge/sewage pumpout/waste oil facility Fresh fish sales off boats HAULOUTS Travel lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 tons REPAIR FACILITIES Electronics/hydraulics Stainless welder AIR TRANSPORT Monterey Peninsula Airport, jet service Watsonville, small planes only MEDICAL/RESCUE (AREA CODE 831) Salinas Valley Memorial . . . . . . 757-4333 Community Hospital . . . . . . . . . 624-5311 USCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647-7303 Watsonville Community Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724-4741

Harbor Operations . . . . . . . .831-633-2461 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .831-633-4537 mcintyre@mosslandingharbor .dst .ca .us www .mosslandingharbor .dst .ca .us VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 & 16 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . . .800-424-8802

NAKNEK/ KING SALMON

AT THE DOCK General manager/harbormaster: Linda G . McIntyre

Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-246-6168 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-246-3493 herk@bbbak .us http://www .bristolbayboroughak .us/ adminisstration/port/index .html VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Fish and game . . . . . . . . . 907-246-3341 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

MOORAGE No moorings or anchorage Dry-land storage RATES

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FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Bristol Bay Contractors . . . . . . . 246-3360 Crowley Marine Services . . . . . 246-4421 Delta Western Fuel . . . . . . . . . . 246-6174 Worldwide Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . 246-3835 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Alaska General Seafood . . . . . . 246-4285 Ocean Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246-8660 Pederson Point (NPPI) . . . . . . . 246-4461 Peter Pan Seafoods . . . . . . . . . 246-4227 Red Salmon/Wards Cove . . . . . 246-4295 Trident Seafoods (Naknek) . . . . 246-4275 Trident Seafoosds (S . Naknek) . 246-6510 Unisea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246-3328 AT THE DOCK Port Foreman: Robert McDermott MOORAGE Dock moorage Per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20 (no berths) Per season, up to 32 feet . . . . . . . . $250 (Primarily a freight facility; major port for Northland Services Inc . lighterage also available from several Bristol Bay companies .)

AMENITIES Cargo/freight shipping and receiving, including vessels and gear, is available to and from western Alaska, Anchorage, Seattle, Dutch Harbor and Japan Convenient access: Commercial ice machine Groceries Hotels, restaurants and bars, hotels, Repairs Freshwater, restrooms, showers and laundry

Marine Fuels Lubricants & Greases Heating Fuels Package Products Unleaded Gasoline Filters Avgas Industrial Cleaners & Supplies Jet – A Fuel Additives

Anchorage • Bethel • Dillingham • Dutch Harbor Fairbanks • Haines • Juneau Naknek • Prudhoe Bay Sitka • St. George • Yakutat

For all of your Quality fuel needs!

800.478.2688

WWW.DELTAWESTERN.COM

NAKNEK to NEWPORT Public swimming pool and other recreation Electricity Pay phones Limited parking Fish grinder HAULOUTS Cranes 300-ton, 140-ton and boom truck Forklifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .5 ton to 43 ton Private locations at storage Public boat ramp REPAIR FACILITIES businesses located in town for repairs MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Naknek Clinic USCG Native health clinic in Naknek, Police, ambulance, fire department AIR TRANSPORT Charter service available at Naknek field Daily flights Pen Air, Reeve Air and Alaska Airlines SPECIAL EVENTS Annual Fishtival Celebration at the end of the season

NEAH BAY

Fish and game . . . . . . . . . 206-976-3200 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 360) Makah Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645-2749 Big Salmon Resort . . . . . . . . . . 645-2374 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 360) High Tide Seafoods . . . . . . . . . 645-2189 AT THE DOCK Port director: Bill Parkin MOORAGE Year-round berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 RATES Daily/monthly/annual rates available, subject to change AMENITIES Freshwater, electricity Pump-outs General store Restrooms/showers Cultural museum . . . . . . . . . . . 645-2711 U .S . Post Office . . . . . . . . . . . . 645-2325 Camping and hookups available Waterfront espresso and ice cream, local cafes, pizza shops, and gift and clothing shops

(MAKAH MARINA)

HAULOUTS Ttidal grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to 58-feet

Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-645-3015 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-645-3016 Tribal center . . . . . . . . . . . 360-645-2201 www .makah .com VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 and 66

EDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES USCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645-2236 Neah Bay Police . . . . . . . . . . . . 645-2701 Public Health Clinic . . . . . . . . . 645-2233 Helicopter and ambulance

KINEMATICS

- Manufacturers of Hydraulic Deck Equipment: Pot Launchers, Crab Blocks, Trawl Winches, Net Reels, Sorting Table, Anchor Winches

- Dockside Vessel Conversions and Repairs - Machining, Hydraulics and Fabrications - Suppliers of KYB Motors, Rotzler Winches,

www.kinematicsmarine.com 5625 48 Dr. N.E. Unit B Marysville, WA 98270 Phone: (360) 659-5415 • Fax: (360) 653-5151 th

NEWPORT Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541-265-7758 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541-265-4235 www .portofnewport .com VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Fish & Wildlife . . . . . . . . . 541-867-4741 Pollution hot line . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 541) Carson Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336-2512 Port Dock 5 Fuel Dock . . . . . . . 265-6923 Hockema Coast Oil . . . . . . . . . 265-5111 PMK Distributing . . . . . . . . . . . 335-3836 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 541) Pacific Shrimp Company . . . . . 265-4215 Trident Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . 265-7279 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Kent Gibson MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 to 110 feet Dry land storage RATES Daily/monthly/annual rates available, subject to change AMENITIES Electricity/freshwater Restrooms/showers Phone/ Service dock HOIST DOCK SERVICES Dock hoists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Forklifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Marine Equipment, Inc.

Durable, Dependable Quality Deck Equipment For Over 30 Years

SPECIAL EVENTS Makah Days (includes parade, street fair, canoe races, traditional “slahal” games, dancing, singing, feasting, fireworks . . . . .

August

Pumps, Cylinders, Hydrocontrol Valves, Hoses

Phone: 541-336-5593 - 1-800-923-3625 Fax: 541-336-5156

REPAIR FACILITIES Riverbend Moorage Yaquina Boat Equipment Port of Toledo Boat Yard Kevin Hill Marine MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Pacific Communities Hospital . . . . . . . . . . .

541-265-2244 USCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541-265-5381 Pacific West Ambulance . . . . . 541-265-3175

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NEWPORT to PELICAN SPECIAL EVENTS Blessing of the fleet . . . . . . . . . . . .March Loyalty Day and Sea Fair Festival . . May Seafood and Wine Festival . . . . February Microbrew Festival . . . . . . . . . . . October HMS SeaFest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June Newport Wild Seafood Weekend . . . . . .

September

NOME Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-443-6619 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-443-5473 port@nomealaska .org www .nomealaska .org VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12 & 16 Fish and game . . . . . . . . . 907-443-5167 Pollution hot line . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Bonanza Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443-2561 Crowley Marine Services . . . . . 443-2219 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Norton Sound Seafood Products . . . . . .

443-2304

AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Lucas Stotts LStotts@nomealaska .org MOORAGE Two docking facilities along causeway Vessels stored November-May Moorage available at inner harbor on arrangement with Harbormaster Land storage . . . . . .$0 .058/square foot/week

Alaska Airlines daily to Anchorage Daily flights to surrounding villages MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Fire/ambulance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .911 Norton Sound Hospital . . . 907-443-3311

PELICAN

AMENITIES Fuel (via truck)

City of Pelican . . . . . . . . . . 907-735-2202 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-735-2258 cityhall@pelicancity .org www .pelican .net VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 and 10 Fish and game (Douglas) . 907-465-4250 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Pelican Fuel Dock . . . . . . . . . . . . 735-2211

HAULOUTS Crane available intermittently TSR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-434-1516

PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Hoonah Cold Storage . . . . . . . . . .735-2296 Yakboi Fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .735-2499

REPAIR FACILITIES Welding/repair shops

AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Linda Ady

AIR TRANSPORT

MOORAGE Permanent berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Transient space available

RATES Daily Up to 200 feet . . . . . . . . . . . $1 .155/foot >200 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1 .733/foot

RATES Daily/seasonal rates available . . . . per foot ElectricityContact harbormaster or city hall AMENITIES Restaurant, bars Library Ice Laundry/showers U .S . Post Office Internet

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HAULOUTS Tidal grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . two to 50 feet Dockside hoist at cold storage Marine Repair Facilities Terry’s Marine Repair . . . . 907-735-2233 MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES 21-foot search and rescue vessel Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sitka or Juneau USCG vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Juneay USCG aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sitka Pelican Health Clinic . . . . . 907-735-2250

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AIR TRANSPORT Via floatplanes

PELICAN to PORT TOWNSEND

SPECIAL EVENTS Memorial Day celebration July 4th celebration Boardwalk shuffle, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May Blessing of the fleet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May Salmon Derby

PETERSBURG Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-772-4688 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-772-4687 Harbor@ci .petersburg .ak .us petersburg .org/visitors/ports .html VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 and 16 USCG Anacapa . . . . . . . . . . 907-772-4235 Fish and game . . . . . . . . . . . 907-772-3801 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Petro Marine . . . . . . VHF 16 or 772-4251

Work float . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 feet Marine railway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300 tons Floating dry dock . . . . . . . . . . . .to 38-feet Local shipwright Private travel lift outside boat harbor Tidal grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two, 200 tons REPAIR FACILITIES 180- x 16-foot float for working on gear Dockside welding and repair facilities for steel, aluminum, fiberglass and wood Machine shops and electronic repairs MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Petersburg Hospital . . . . . 907-772-4291 Dental USCG vessels USCG (Sitka) Petersburg Hospital MedEvac AIR TRANSPORT Jet service from Seattle Daily flights

PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Coastal Cold Storage . . . . . . . . 772-4177 Trident Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . 772-3333 Northern Lights Smokeries . . . . 772-4608 Ocean Beauty Seafoods . . . . . . 772-4242 Alaska Longline Company . . . . . 772-4835 Petersburg Fisheries . . . . . . . . . 772-4294 Tonka Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . . 772-3662

SPECIAL EVENTS July 4th celebration Norwegian Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May King Salmon Derby; tagged fish worth $10,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May Octoberfest

AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Glorianne Wollen gwollen@petersburgak .gov Harbor office open 24 hours

PORT ANGELES

MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600 Transient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Waiting list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Land storage . . . . . . . . $0 .26/square foot RATES Transient daily: . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ .65/foot Transient monthly . . . . . . . . . . $6 .50 foot Grid fees . . . . . . . . . .$0 .60/foot on wood $0 .96/foot on steel grid

Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-457-4505 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-457-4921 pamarina@olypen .com Fish and game . . . . . . . . . . . 206-976-3200 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

AMENITIES Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . berths > 17 feet Freshwater . . . . . . . . . . . . loading zones Laundry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .town Pay phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .town Showers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . harbor HAULOUTS Cranes 5-ton, 2 .5-ton at city dock, $30/hour .

5-ton hoist loading hoist at city dock

Transient moorage: Less than 75 feet . . . . . . .$0 .75/foot/day Greater than 75 feet . . . . . . . $1/foot/day Permanent moorage: 20-foot slip . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5 .50/lf/mo .

30-foot slip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5 .75lf/mo .

40-foot slip . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6 .10/lf/mo .

50-foot slip . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6 .35/lf/mo .

60-foot slip . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6 .65/lf/mo .

AMENITIES Diesel fuel/gasoline Laundry/showers Freshwater 30-, 50- and 100-amp shore power Free wifi HAULOUTS Dockside hoist . . . . . . . . . .4,000 pounds Travel lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 tons Platypus Marine 360-417-0709 . . 330 tons REPAIR FACILITIES Auminum, glass, wood, engines, electronics MEDICAL/RESCUE (AREA CODE 360) Olympic Memorial Hospital . . . 417-7000 USCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . air and seal Dental AIR TRANSPORT Daily flights

PORT TOWNSEND Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-385-6211

PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 360) Elwha Fish Company . . . . . . . 457-3344 High Tide Seafoods . . . . . . . . 452-8488 FUEL SUPPLIER Port Angeles Marine . . . . . . . . . 457-4505 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Chuck Faires MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Transient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Dry storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 boats RATES JULY 2019 / PILOTHOUSE GUIDE

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PORT TOWNSEND to SAINT GEORGE Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-385-3988 info@portofpt .com www .portofpt .com VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . 66A, 09 & 16 Fish and game . . . . . . . . . 206-976-3200 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 360) New Day Fisheries . . . . . . . . . . 385-4600 AT THE DOCK Business manager: T .J . Quandt Yard manager: Terry Khile MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400 Transient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 On land .200 vessels at four public yards Four public yards can store 200 boats on land Waitlist 30-, 35-,40-, 45- and 50-foot slips RATES Monthly: Based on vessel or slip length, plus leasehold tax (permanent tenants) Long-term storage: $8/foot/month, no power, plus leasehold tax; Long-term yard storage: $ .60/day plus leasehold tax

Port Townsend Film Festival . .September AMENITIES Freshwater/electricity Sewage pumpout Fuel Showers/laundry HAULOUTS Travel lifts . . . . . . . . . .70, 75 and 300 tons Mobile crane (private) for engines and gear High pressure wash down REPAIR FACILITIES About 100 private businesses repair aluminum, glass, wood, steel,engines and electronics MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES USCG Dental Jefferson General Hospital . 360-385-2200 Emergency and general surgery, will stabilize and evacuate severe cases AIR TRANSPORT Light plane runway . . . . . . . . daily flights SPECIAL EVENTS Wooden Boat Festival . . . . . .September

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SAINT GEORGE City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-859-2263 x5 907-859-2261 City fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-859-2212 VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 12 & 16 Fish and game (Dutch Harbor) . . . . . . . . .

907-581-1239 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) St . George Delta Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859-2456 or VHF 68 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Snopac Products (seasonal) . . . 859-CRAB Bluewave (seasonal) . . . . . . . . . . .859-2441 MOORAGE Docks . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 75, and 250 feet Two newer docks by St . George Tanaq Corp .

Storage adjacent to port, call St . George Tanaq Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-859-2255 RATES Free period for fueling . . . . . . . . .2 hours Cargo barge: . . . . . . . . . .$0 .23 per hour Vessels to 150 feet . . . . . $0 .15 per hour Vessels > 150 feet . . . . . .$0 .18 per hour AMENITIES General store Pay phone Pot storage Electricity/ Hotel Fuel Electricity/water service (VHF Channel 9) Diving services: Bone’s Diving . . 859-2204 Water and fish waste outfall . . . . .all docks HAULOUTS Boat ramp REPAIR FACILITIES Hydraulics, diesel, diving, welding AIR TRANSPORT Airport adjacent to harbor

SAINT GEORGE to SAN FRANCISCO with 5,000-foot runway Air freight thrice weekly Northern Air Cargo Peninsula Air serves Anchorage Ace Cargo (weekdays) MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES St. George Island Clinic . .(907) 859-2254 24-hour emergency medical technician Clinic Search and rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . Kodiak Village Public Safety Officer 907-859-2415

SAINT PAUL Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-546-3140 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-546-2451 VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) North Pacific Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . 546-3145 Saint Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546-2404 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Trident Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . . 546-2377 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Jason Merculief jason@stpaulak.com MOORAGE TDX Corp. dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 feet Two city docks . . . . . . . 100 and 200 feet Land storage, open and covered RATES 48-100 feet . . . . . . $165/12-hour period 101-125 feet . . . . $205/12-hour period 126-150 feet . . . . . . $240/12-hour period 151-175 feet . . . . . . $315/12-hour period 176-200 feet . . . . . . $355/12-hour period 201-225 feet . . . . . . $400/12-hour period > 226 feet. . . . . . . $455/12-hour period AMENITIES Electricity/water/fuel . . . . . . South Dock HAULOUTS TDX Corp. . . . . . . . . . .vessels to 32 feet REPAIR FACILITIES Contact harbormaster AIR TRANSPORT Daily flights/Penn Air Daily Ace Cargo

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Department of Public Safety 907-546-3130 St. Paul Clinic . . . . . . . . . . 907-546-8300

SAND POINT Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-383-2331 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-383-5611 VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 and 16 Fish and game (Summer) . 907-383-2066 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Trident Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . . 383-4848 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Richard Kochuten Sr. MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148 Dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 feet Transient space. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000 feet Storage on land RATES Daily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11 to $105/day AMENITIES Ice and fuel at Trident Pay phones at harbor Storage space . . . . . 75 vessels to 40 feet Work space available 58 feet and under Two marine supply stores Four restaurants, 20-room hotel, bar Electricity, freshwater at floats Laundry/showers General store, specialty shops Wireless Internet at floats HAULOUTS Public launch ramp 200-foot ferry dock Mobile cranes for engines and gear Tidal grid . . . . . . . . . .vessels to 100 feet Travel lifts . . . . . . . . . . . .35 and 150 tons REPAIR FACILITIES Fiberglass repair; carpenter shop marine electronics repair (seasonal) small engine repair, two welding shops AIR TRANSPORT Pen Air 7 daily to Anchorage Alaska-Central Express (cargo)

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Health clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-383-3151 Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anchorage

SAN FRANCISCO Port offices . . . . . . . . . . . . 415-274-0533 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415-274-0628 www.sfport.com VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 & 80 USCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415-399-3451 Fish and game . . . . . . . . . 650-688-6340 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 415) Clipper Yacht Co. (Sausalito) . . 332-3500 San Francisco Marine . . . . . . . . 673-2928 AT THE DOCK Harbormasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274-0513 Anita Yao . . . . . . .Anita.Yao@sfport.com Brandon Chapman Brandon Chapman@sfport.com MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 berths Transient moorage . . . . . . . . . 1,400 feet gear storage/waiting list: long term RATES OLD HARBOR: Daily transient. . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.46/foot Monthly transient:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$210 Permanent . . . . . . . . . $1.88 foot/month NEW HARBOR: Daily transient. . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.59/foot Monthly/permanent:. . $5.18 foot/month AMENITIES Fuel dock: water, ice available Oil recycling, Hotels, restaurants HAULOUTS Public launch ramp, Private dry docks . .2 REPAIR FACILITIES Boatyards and numerous marine services AIR TRANSPORT Numerous private municipal fields San Francisco and Oakland airports MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES JULY 2019 / PILOTHOUSE GUIDE

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SAN FRANCISCO to SELDOVIA Numerous hospitals and clinics USCG SPECIAL EVENTS Blessing of the Fleet . . . . . . . . . October

SEATTLE Fishermen’s Terminal . . . . 206-787-3395 Terminal Fax . . . . . . . . . . . 206-787-3393 www .portseattle .org VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Fish and game . . . . . . . . . 206-976-3200 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 206) Ballard Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783-0241 Covich-Williams Co . Inc . . . . . . 784-0171 Crowley Marine Services . . . . . 443-8100 Rainier Petroleum Corp . . . . . . 623-3480 Shilshole Texaco . . . . . . . . . . . . 783-7555 Time Oil Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285-2400 PROCESSORS ADF Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Alaska Fresh Seafoods . . .

Aleutian Spray Fisheries . .

All Alaskan Seafoods . . . .

American Seafoods . . . . .

Arrowac Fisheries . . . . . . .

Besecker, Dana F . Co . . . . .

Blue Wave Sfds/7 Seas . . .

Clipper Seafoods Ltd . . . .

Cook Inlet Processing . . . .

Crown Fisheries Ltd . . . . .

Deep Sea Fisheries Inc . . .

Golden Alaska Sfds . . . . .

Golden Shamrock Inc . . . .

Icicle Seafoods . . . . . . . . .

206-784-5170 206-285-2412 206-784-5000 206-285-8200 206-448-0300 206-282-5655 206-232-5040 206-448-3107 206-284-1162 206-789-7255 206-789-6330 425-742-5562 206-441-1990 206-282-5825 206-282-0988

Independent Packers . . . . 206-285-6000 Jubilee Fisheries . . . . . . . . 206-784-2592 Kelliher Fish Co . . . . . . . . . 425-771-6036 Kirkland Custom Sfds . . . . 425-828-4521 Kyokuyo America . . . . . . . 206-405-2670 Nakamura & Assoc . . . . . . 206-624-7653 NorQuest Seafoods . . . . . 206-281-7022 North Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . 206-726-9900 Northern Aurora Fish . . . . 425-450-0187 Nova Fish ./Sunwave . . . . . 206-781-2000 Ocean Beauty Seafoods . . 206-285-6800 Ocean Fresh Seafoods . . . 206-285-2412 Oceantrawl Inc . . . . . . . . . . 206-448-9200 Orca Bay Seafoods Inc . . . 425-204-9100 Pacific Salmon Co . . . . . . . . 206-682-6501 Pathfinder USA Inc . . . . . . 206-283-1137 Peter Pan Seafoods . . . . . 206-728-6000 Premier Pacific Seafoods . 206-286-8584 Regal Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206-283-0224 Sea Freeze Seafood Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206-767-7350 Snopac Products . . . . . . . . 206-764-9230 Star Offshore Co . Inc . . . . . 206-634-3399 Trident Seafoods . . . . . . . 206-783-3818 Unisea Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425-881-8181 Westward Seafoods . . . . . 206-682-5949 Yardarm Knot Inc . . . . . . . . 206-216-0220 AT THE DOCK Fishermen’s Terminal . . . . 206-787-3395 Maritime Industrial Center 206-787-3395 Manager: Kenneth Lyles MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300 Loading dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500 feet (Schedule use through terminal office) Freshwater moorage . . . . . . 27-300 feet Large vessel moorage available

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SELDOVIA to SEWARD Six months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 .84/foot

Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . .907-234-7886 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907-234-7430 Harbormaster@cityofseldovia .com info@cityofseldovia .com VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 & 10 Fish and game (Homer) . .907-235-8191 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . .800-424-8802

AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Layla Jandt-Pederson Mobile: 907-202-3393 MOORAGE Berths at small boat harbor . . . . . . . 149 Transient dock space . . . . . . . . 793 feet

AMENITIES Electricity/freshwater Haulout and wash down facility Fenced vessel storage Laundry in town/showers

FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Seldovia Fuel and Lube . . . . . 234-7622 FT_CommMoorageAd2019_V1_Print.pdf or VHF channel 16

RATES Rates: Paid in advance 1Daily 3/1/19 . . . . . .10:24 . . . . AM . . . . . . . . . $0 .94/foot Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5 .63/foot

HAULOUTS Haulout and washdown Single tidal grids, capacity 80 feet Dry dock storage area REPAIR FACILITIES Minor repairs; major in Homer MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Seldovia Health Clinic . . . .907-234-7825 Maritime Emergency . . . .800-478-5555 Volunteer Fire Department (Emergency) . . . . . 911 or 907-234-7812 USCG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Homer Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Homer AIR TRANSPORT Float plane dock at small boat harbor Smokey Bay Air KBay Air Alaska Air Taxi

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SEWARD to SITKA USCG Mustang . . . . . . . . . . . 907-224-5202 Fish and game . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-224-3935 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

250-ton travel lift 5,000-ton Syncrolift for vessels up to 300 feet Dockside hoist for engines and gear

FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Petro Marine Services . . . . . . . . 224-3190 Shoreside Petroleum Inc . . . . . . 224-8040

REPAIR FACILITIES Aluminum, glass, wood, engine repair Boat owners may do their own repair or hire service at city haulout yard, except on the Syncrolift .

PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Resurrection Bay Seafoods . . . . 224-3366 Seward Fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . 224-3381 Polar Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224-7066 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Norm Regis . . . 224-3138 MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .668 Transient space . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,374 feet Other docks outside harbor Waitlist 40-feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 years 75 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 years Land storage on land for vessels up to 250 tons: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10 per day RATES Daily . . . . . . . $0 .78/foot plus 7% sales tax Annual, semiannual and quarterly rates available

AIR TRANSPORT Runway with chartered flights MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Ambulance service, EMTs USCG Dentist Providence Seward . . . . . 907-224-5205): MedEvac LifeFlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-478-9111 SPECIAL EVENTS Mount Marathon 3 mile race . . 4th of July Halibut Derby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June Silver Salmon Derby . . . . . . . . . . . August

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Harbor Department . . . . . . . . 907-747-3439 Harbor fax: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-747-6278 www .cityofsitka .com VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Air Station (emergency) . . . . . 907-966-5401 USCG Marine Safety . . . . . 907-966-5454 Commercial Fish Dev . . . . 907-747-6688 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802

HAULOUTS Travel lifts (two) . . . . . . . . 50 tons, 250 tons

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Delta Western Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 747-4999 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Stan Eliason stan@cityofsitka .com Deputy harbormaster: Charles Hackett PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Seafood Producers Co-op . . . . 747-5811 Sitka Sound Seafoods . . . . . . . . 747-6662 Silver Bay Seafoods . . . . . . . . . 996-3110 MOORAGE Commercial storage Private 400-ton floating dry dock Berths assigned by harbormaster, firstcome, first-served Halibut Point Marine Services has floating deep water dock capable of accommodating cruise ships and larger fish processors .

RATES Permanent moorage $3 .18/foot/ month Daily rate $1 .03/foot/day . . . . . . . . . . . . up to 80 feet $1 .75/foot/day . . . . . . . . . . . 81 to 150 feet $2 .63/foot/day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >151 feet Monthly transient permits $17 .58/foot . . . . . . . . . . . . up to 150 feet $25 .36/ foot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >151 feet Transient reserved moorage Eliason Harbor $3 .03/foot/day Commercial fishing vessels can receive 25 percent discount from daily rate .

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AMENITIES Freshwater Laundry/showers Transient space . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000 feet Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,317 Work float with power HAULOUTS Travel lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 tons Tidal grids (four) . . . . . . . . . . . to 58 feet REPAIR FACILITIES Two repair yards for aluminum/glass/ wood AIR TRANSPORT Jet runway with daily flights MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES USCG Dental

SITKA to TENAKEE Sitka Community Hospital . . . . 747-3241 SPECIAL EVENTS 4th of July Alaska Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October Salmon Derby . . . . . . . . . . . . . .May-June

SKAGWAY Small boat harbor . . . . . . . 907-983-2628 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-983-3087 VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16/9 Fish and game (Douglas) . 907-465-4250 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Petro Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 983-2259 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Matt O’Boyle .m .oboyle@ skagway .org MOORAGE: Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Transient space . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800 feet Land storage . . . .$0 .20/square foot ($50/ month minimum) Upland storage available RATES Daily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 .48/foot Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4 .48/foot Annual (waitlist) . . . . . . . . . . $14 .20/foot Long-term storage . . .$0 .20/square foot/ month Pressure washer . . . . . . . . . . . . $25/hour Grid fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15 per tide; Haulout fee: . . . . . . . . . . $200/round trip Boat building . . . . . . . . $30/day (summer) $45/day (winter)

Dentist available every 6-8 weeks Volunteer EMS squad

TACOMA Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253-383-5841 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253-593-4570 www .portoftacoma .com VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Fish and game . . . . . . . . . . . . 206-976-3200 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 253) Mayco Fish Co . Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 572-3070 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Tacoma Fire Dept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253-591-5065 Managed by City Marina: Steve Morrison . . . . . . . . . 253-572-2524 MOORAGE Commercial slips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Pleasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Net sheds/storage on land . . . . . . waitlist RATES Call City Marina AMENITIES Electricity and freshwater (except city dock) Laundry/cafe Pay phones, contact phone

TENAKEE Port/City Office . . . . . . . . . 907-736-2207

Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-736-2249 citytke@worldnet .att .net VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Fish and game (Douglas) . . 907-465-4250 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Dan Martin Harbor billing clerk: Beret Barnes MOORAGE Transient berths at breakwaters . . . . . 12 Additional transient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Permanent berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Electricity . . . . . . . . . . $10/day, transient Electricity (winter) . . . . . . . . . . . .$20/day Grid . . . . . . . . $10/day, May-September RATES Transient $0 .65/foot/day; $4 .70/foot/month Permanent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20/foot .

AMENITIES Non-potable water at fuel dock Bottled water at general store HAULOUTS Grid to 45 feet REPAIR FACILITIES Juneau and Sitka MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Rescue/fire: 27-foot Munson landing craft Boston Whaler search and rescue boat Helicopter pad USCG Juneau USCG Medical Sitka

AMENITIES Electricity/freshwater Showers/restrooms/pressure washer Space for water and power for people to work on their boats HAULOUTS Tidal grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 feet 30-ton, 55-foot hydraulic haul-out trailer Boat building (covered maintenance area) AIR TRANSPORT daily fights to Juneau/seaplane float MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Clinic with 2 physician's assistants

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AIR TRANSPORT Float planes twice daily to Juneau; Charters available to Sitka SPECIAL EVENTS 4th of July celebration Fireman’s Ball Annually in spring

THORNE BAY Harbormaster . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-965-4138 City office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-828-3380 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-828-3374 harbormaster@thornebay-ak .gov VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) “The Port” Fuel Dock . . . . . . . . 828-3995 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Ron Wendel MOORAGE Vessels up to 60 feet . . . . . . . . . 108 stalls Transient moorage . . . . . . . . . . to 100 feet RATES (all plus tax except guest moorage) Guest moorage . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 .75/foot Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2 .68/foot Semiannually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2 .10/foot Annually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1 .73/foot AMENITIES Electricity/water Boat ramp Tidal boat grid Restrooms/shower Market Gasoline/propane Rental cars Outboard repairs Post office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-828-3490 AIR TRANSPORT Pacific Airways Taquan Air MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Medical clinic (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-828-8848

Harbor Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-835-2958 svonbargen@ci .valdez .ak .us www .ci .valdez .ak .us/harbor VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 & 7 USCG Marine Safety . . . . . 907-835-4791 Fish and game (Cordova) . 907-424-3212 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) North Pacific Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . 835-4850 Crowley Petroleum . . . . . . . . . . 835-5009 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Peter Pan Seafoods . . . . . . . . . 835-2080 Silver Bay Seafoods . . . . . . . . . 835-8710 AT THE DOCK Port Director: Jeremy Talbot Harbormaster: Sarah Von Bargen MOORAGE 300-foot fisherman’s dock for gear, unloading Open moorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 feet Transient tie-ups berths . . . . . . . . . . .525 Land storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 vessels Call prior to arrival RATES Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$40 .76/foot/year Transient, in advance $46 .80/foot/year $9 .63/foot/month $0 .77/foot/day Transient, billed $14 .45/foot/month $1 .16/foot/day/ Contact the office for rates for Kelsey Dock and Container Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-835-4564 AMENITIES Electricity/showers/water Laundry/pay phones/ Two 3 concrete washdown pads at travel lift with power & water Eight 20- x 60-foot concrete maintenance pads with/power & water service Paved boat storage Used oil collection

Repair yard and mobile shop: aluminum, glass, wood AIR TRANSPORT Ravn Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . 907-835-2636 MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES USCG marine safety office 907-835-7217 Health clinic . . . . . . . . . . . 907-835-4612 Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-835-2249 SPECIAL EVENTS Halibut Derby . . . . . . . . May 23 - Sept . 6 Silver Salmon Derby . . . .July 18 - Sept . 6 Kid’s Pink Salmon Derby . . . . . . . . July 18 Women’s Silver Salmon Derby . . . Aug . 8

WARRENTON City office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503-861-3822 Marina fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503-861-2370 harboroffice@ci .warrenton .or .us VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 503) Bornstein Seafoods . . . . . . . . . 325-6164 Fishhawk Fisheries . . . . . . . . . . 325-5256 Warrenton Deep Sea . . . . . . . . 861-1233 Pacific Coast Seafoods . . . . . . . 861-2201 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Jane Sweet MOORAGE Waiting list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2 years Slips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515 RATES Daily: up to 19 feet . . . . . . . . . . . $15/day Annual recreational . . . . . . . . . . .$35/foor Annual commercial . . . . . . . . . . .$36/foot AMENITIES Vessel storage Electricity/freshwater Pay phones Groceries/restaurants Laundry Net-mending yard Restrooms/showers

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HAULOUTS Dockside hoists (two) . . . .10,000 pounds Tidal grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250 tons Travel lift . . . . . . . . . . 75 tons, $180/hour

HAULOUTS Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000 pounds Warrenton Boat Yard

Harbor office . . . . . . . . . . . 907-835-4981

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WARRENTON to WINCHESTER TEXT to TEXT BAY Adjacent to Marina-Warrenton

Vessel haulouts up river (Hoquiam)

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES USCG air station Lifeboat station at the mouth of Columbia First responder medical aid

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES USCG lifeboat station Dental Hospitals

SPECIAL EVENTS Commercial Fishermen’s Festival for the Deep Sea Fishermen Benefit Fund 4th of July parade

AIR TRANSPORT Hoquiam: jet runway, fuels Westport: hard surface year-round

WESTPORT

(PORT OF GRAYS HARBOR MARINA)

Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-533-9562 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-612-0674 marina@portgrays .org www .portofgraysharbor .com VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Fish and game . . . . . . . . . 360-902-2200 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS Masco Petroleum . . . . . . . 360-268-0076 PROCESSORS D & M Live Crab . . . . . . . . .360-268-9319 Nelson Crab . . . . . . . . . . 360-267-2911 or 800-262-0069 Ocean Gold . . . . . . . . . . . .360-268-2510 WA Crab Producers . . . . . . .360-268-9161 Westport Seafood . . . . . . . .360-268-0133 Seafood Connection . . . . . .360-268-1328 AT THE DOCK Marina Manager: Molly Bold rleraas@portgrays .org Operations manager: Ken Rausch MOORAGE Berths . . . . . 550 for vessels 30 to 80 feet Side ties . . . . . . . . vessels up to 200 feet RATES Call harbor for complete list of rates or visit www .portofgraysharbor .com AMENITIES Electricity/freshwater Launch ramp for net/gear repair Showers/laundry Restaurants/groceries Bus service countywide REPAIR FACILITIES Steel, aluminum, glass, engines, hydraulics, electronics

SPECIAL EVENTS Annual Crab Races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April Rusty Scupper’s Pirate Daze Festival .June 4th of July festivities Westport Art Festival . . . . . . . . . . .August Seafood Festival & Craft Show Labor Day weekend

WHITTIER Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-472-2327 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-472-2472 harbormaster@whittieralaska .gov www .whittieralaska .gov VHF channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 and 68 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Shoreside Petroleum Inc . . . . . . . 472-2314 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Great Pacific Seafoods . . . . . . . . . 472-2400 Fee's Custom Seafood . . . . . . . . 472-5055 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Kile Sinclair MOORAGE Slips . . . . . . . . . . .334 (most permanent) Vessel maintenance stations 8 (in summer) Limited dry storage available (winter) RATES Daily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1 .18/foot Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22 .92/foot Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $67 .13/foot AMENITIES Electricity/freshwater/ Showers HAULOUTS Tidal grid Travel lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 tons Crane hoist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $41 .50/hr .

REPAIR SERVICES Marine services available Medical/rescue Facilities Clinic with physician’s assistant, EMTs AIR TRANSPORT Private charter SPECIAL EVENTS 4th of July celebration Walk to Whittier . . . . . . . . .June (usually)

WINCHESTER BAY

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Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541-271-3407 Marina Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . 541-271-2060 salmonh@co .douglas .or .us Port of Umpqua . . . . . . . . 541-271-2232 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 AT THE DOCK Harbor Manager: Paul Stallard MOORAGE Berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Transient berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 RATES Annual Up to 24 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,043 Up to 54 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,145 AMENITIES Electricity/freshwater Restrooms/showers Fuel Sewer pumpout and dump East Basin 3-lane launch ramp West Basin 2-lane launch ramp HAULOUTS Reedsport Machine & Fabrication AIR TRANSPORT 22 miles south at North Bend, Ore MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Coast Guard Lower Umpqua Hospital SPECIAL EVENTS 4th of July fireworks Dune Fest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August Cool Coastal Nights . . . . . . . . . . .August JULY 2019 / PILOTHOUSE GUIDE

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TEXT to TEXT BAY to WRANGELL WINCHESTER Art By The Bay . . . . Labor Day weekend Salmon Derby . . . . . . . . . . . . Septrember Dune Mushers Mail Run . . . . . . . . March Spring Whale Watching . . . . . . . . March

WRANGELL Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-874-3736 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-874-3197 harbor@wrangell .com www .wrangell .com VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Fish and game . . . . . . . . . 907-874-3822 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 800-424-8802 FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Petro Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874-3276 PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907) Sea Level Seafoods Inc . . . . . . . . . 874-2401 Trident Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874-3346 AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Greg Meissner harborgreg@aptalaska .net MOORAGE Waitlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 to 36 months Some temporary berthing may be available Heritage Harbor 1,500 feet lineal side tie Transient space RATES Daily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 .94-$2 .08/foot Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . $4 .16-$6 .24/foot Annual $29 .13/foot-$34 .33/foot-$39 .54/ foot

AMENITIES Electricity/freshwater Moorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . check rates Sewer pumpout at Reliance and Heritage Hotel/laundromat Wifi Groceries Public swimming pool, showers, racquetball, weight room 32-foot x 80-foot work float Dockside hoist . . .2-ton limit, 4 locations All-tide launch with floating dock at Heritage Harbor Tidal grid, Shoemaker four 50-foot vessels Tidal grid, Reliance 40-foot vessel

AIR TRANSPORT Charter service Jet runway with daily flights SPECIAL EVENTS July 4th celebration Stikine River Birding Festival . . . . . .April Salmon Derby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May Tent City Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February

REPAIR FACILITIES 330-ton haul out Do-it-yourself boat yard Skilled shipwrights available MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES USCG vessel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peterbrug USCG aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sitka Dental Hospital Search and rescue

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YAKUYATTEXT to BCtoPORTS TEXT

YAKUTAT Port office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-410-7306 Port fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907-784-3281 VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Fish and game . . . . . . . . . 907-784-3255 Pollution hotline . . . . . . . . 907-410-7306

BRITISH COLUMBIA ALERT BAY

FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907) Delta Western Fuel . 784-3311 or VHF 12

Marine Operator: . . . . . . . . . . . VHF 66A Weather: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VHF 21

PROCESSORS Yakutat Seafoods . . . . . . . . . .907-784-3392

AT THE DOCK Harbor Manager: Steven Bruce . . . . . . . . . (250) 974-5727, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell (250) 974-8255 Fax: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 974-5470 boatharbour@alertbay .ca www .alertbay .ca

AT THE DOCK (AREA CODE 907) Harbormaster: Erving Grass . . . . 784-3491 MOORAGE Transients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 (summer) Berths, small boat harbor . . . . . . . . . . 89 Waitlist for assigned berths No reserved transient moorage RATES Daily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 .45/foot Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15/foot AMENITIES Freshwater Electrical hookups$5/day HAULOUTS Haulout trailer: 30-ton, 50-foot $250/round trip Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ .053/kW Dockside hoists . . . . . . .Ocean Cape dock Tidal grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to 50 feet REPAIR FACILITIES Fiberglass, wood, and welding AIR TRANSPORT Two daily flights Year-round charter available MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Health center . . . . . . 907-784-3275/3391 nearest Coast Guard facilities at Sitka nearest hospital Juneau or Sitka SPECIAL EVENTS 4th of July celebration at Cannon Beach Fair Weather Day . . . . . . . . . . . . August

AMENITIES 2,900-foot paved airstrip Credit union/ATM Grocery/drug store/dry goods/hardware/ Hotels/restaurants/pubs Post office/ Salon/fitness/ Laundry Internet access Radio and electronic repairs Showers (campground) Bowling alley, tennis courts, Ferries/fishing and sightseeing charters Freshwater/20- and 30-amp electrical Garbage, recycling Fishing licenses MOORAGE Anchorage on sand bottom at head of bay at depth of 40 to 50 feet .

Also, moorage available in center of town at municipal dock Float C reserved for pleasure craft Two ramps Namgis First Nation Boat Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 974-5556 MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Call Comox Coast Guard Three doctors, one dentist Four-bed acute care hospital BC ambulance service VolunteerFire Deptartment RCMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 974-5544 Cormorant Island Health Centre . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 974-5585 Local #221

CAMPBELL RIVER VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 AT THE DOCK Harbor office . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 287-7931 Harbor fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 287-8495 VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66A Harbor manager: Phyllis Titus . . . . . . (250) 287-7931 fishermans@telus .net www .fishermanswharfcampbellriver .com Customs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 286-5804 FUEL SUPPLIER Esso Marine (Discovery Harbor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 287-3456 AMENITIES Electricity/water . . . . . . . . . . . . all docks MOORAGE Rafting may be required year-round Fisherman’s Wharf . . . . . . (250) 287-7931 Discovery Harbor . . . . . . . (250) 287-2614 Quathiaski Cove Harbor Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 285-3622 HAULOUT AND REPAIR Tidal grid at harbor Full marine services Travel lift: Discovery Harbour and Fresh Water Marina MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Coast Guard . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 287-8612 Campbell River and District General Hospital . . . . . . . . (250) 287-7111 R .C .M .P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 286-6221 AT THE DOCK Percy Starr, Klemtu Band Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 839-1255 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 839-1256 MOORAGE Dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 feet AMENITIES Klemtu: grocery store/water Hartley Bay: diesel, gas, stove oil, grocery store FUEL SUPPLIERS First Nations Fuel JULY 2019 / PILOTHOUSE GUIDE

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 839-1233 or VHF 6

LUND VHF channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 AT THE DOCK Harbour Manager: Darlene Denholm Harbour Office . . . . . . . . (604) 483-4711 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604-483-4713 lundharbour-wharfinger@twincomm.ca www.lundharbourbc.wordpress.com MOORAGE Commercial fishermen . . . $.20/foot/day Others. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $.66/foot/ FUEL SUPPLIERS Lund Hotel Gas Dock . . . (604) 414-0474 AMENITIES Showers Holding tank pump out Wifi Laundry at hotel Pub/restaurants General store with marine supplies Lund Water Taxi and barge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (604) 483-9749 Coast Guard (Powell River) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (604) 485-7511 Haulout, Repair & Marine Supplies Jack’s Boat Yard . . . . . . . . 604 483 3566 Lund Auto & Outboard . . 604 483 4612 MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Powell River . . . . . . . . . . . . (604) 485-3211 Ambulance. . . . . . . . . . . . . (604) 485-4211 RCMP (Powell River) . . . . . (604) 485-6255 First aid: Lund Fire Department . . . . . 911 Nanaimo Marine Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . VHF 67 Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 245-8899 www.npa.ca AT THE DOCK Marina Manager: Greg Entwistle . . (250) 754-5053; VHF 67 Coast Guard SAR (Victoria) (800) 567-5111 Customs . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 754-0341 Harbormaster: Capt. Edward Dahlgren . (250) 753-4146 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250-754-4186 MOORAGE On request (reservations) . 250-754-5053

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AMENITIES Ice Shopping plaza Laundry/shower Grocery stores/restaurants Eco-barge Ship chandlery FUEL SUPPLIERS Gas & Go . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 591-0810 Petro Canada . . . . . . . . . (250) 754-7828 HAULOUT AND REPAIR Full marine services MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Nanaimo Regional General Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 754-2141 AIR TRANSPORT Float plane to Vancouver harbor and airport Ferries, helijet to Vancouver

PORT HARDY Marine Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . VHF 24 Monitor Channel 66A at Fisherman’s Wharf AT THE DOCK Coast Guard . . . . . . . . . . . 250-339-3613 Customs (May–October). . 250-949-7999 Fisherman’s Wharf . . . . . .250-949-6332, VHF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66A Harbor Managers: Anika Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250-949-6332 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250-949-6037 MOORAGE Fisherman’s Wharf (public) Quarterdeck Marine Industries, private, next to Fisherman’s Wharf Bear Cove: Sport fishing 20 slips to 30 feet Seine floats: new, with water, 20- 30- and 50amp service and water.

Drive-on access to the main loading float.

T-floats in place June 15–September 15, with 20- amp service and potable water FUEL SUPPLIERS Chevron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250-949-6405 Petro Canada . . . . . . . . . . 250-949-9988 Haulout and repairs Travel lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 tons Full marine services

MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Port Hardy Hospital . . . . (250) 949-6161 RCMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 949-6335 Emergencies: fire/police/ambulance 911 AIR TRANSPORT Pacific Coastal Airlines\ Air taxi Port Hardy Airport manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 949-8213 Seaplane base manager . (250) 949-6371

POWELL RIVER

(WESTVIEW HARBOR)

Marine Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . VHF 66A AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Jenn Kinahan . . . . (604) 485-5244; Fax (604) 485-5286 Coast Guard . . . . . . . . . . (604) 485-7511 FUEL SUPPLIERS Westview Fuel . . . . . . . . (604) 485-2867 REPAIR Welders, divers available AMENITIES Taxis/shuttles Showers/laundry Water/electricity: 30-amp with 50-amp on float 10 and float 11 Sewer pump-out Pub/bakery Supply depot/marine chandlery MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Powell River General Hospital (604) 485-3211 AIR TRANSPORT Pacific Coastal Prince Rupert Marine Communications and Traffic Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VHF71 Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250-624-9009 AT THE DOCK Dave Charlton, director of port operations and harbormaster . . . 250-627-889 Bent Baxter, manager of port operations and assistant harbormaster 250-627-889 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250-627-8980 Fairview Float . . . . . . . . . . 250-624-3127 Rushbrooke Float . . . . . . . 250-624-9400 Coast Guard . . . . . . . . . . . 250-627-3074 Cutter Cape Dauphin . . . . 250-627-3063

TEXT TEXT BCtoPORTS Customs . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-888-226-7277 FUEL SUPPLIERS Petro Canada . . . . . . . . . . 250-624-4106 HAULOUT AND REPAIR Marine railway . . . . . . . 80 feet, 150 tons MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES Prince Rupert Regional Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) 624-2171 SPECIAL EVENTS Sea Fest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June

HAULOUT AND REPAIR Travel lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 tons Tidal barge grid MARINE SUPPLIES Shearwater Marine Store: (250) 957-2330 MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES R .W . Large Hospital . . . . (250) 957-2314 AIR TRANSPORT Pacific Coastal Airlines SPECIAL EVENTS Gumboot Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July

SHEARWATER VANCOUVER

Chevron (Steveston) . . . . . 604-277-4712 Western Canada Marine Response Corp .

Head Office: Vancouver . . 604-294-6001 24-Hour Spill Emergency Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855-294-9116 PROCESSORS Aero Trading Co . Ltd . . . . .

McMillan J S Fisheries . . .

North Sea Products Ltd . .

Ocean Fisheries Ltd . . . . .

S .M . Products (Delta) . . . .

Seafood Products Com . . .

604-327-6331 604-255-5191 604-327-0481 604-254-5751 604-946-7665 604-255-3141

AT THE DOCK Harbormaster: Chris Wellstood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604-665-9086

(BELLA BELLA)

Shearwater Marine Operator VHF 6 and 66A in summer Harbormaster (May-September) VHF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66A AT THE DOCK General manager: Al Tite 250-957-2305 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250-957-2422 AMENITIES Freshwater/electricity Hotel/pub/restaurant General store/grocery/liquor store Showers/restrooms/laundry MOORAGE Transient berths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Daily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1 .50/foot Dry storage FUEL SUPPLIERS Shearwater Fuel Station: 250-957-2304

Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604-665-9000 24/7 operations center . . . . . 604-665-9086 Toll Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888-PORTVAN Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-284-4271 harbour_master@portvancouver .com www .portvancouver .com MCTS VHF channel: Vancouver Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . Channel 12 Fraser River (Main Arm) . . . . . . . Channel 74 Deltaport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Channel 11 Vancouver Police . . . . . . . Channel . 12/16 Vancouver Police non-emergency . . . . . . . .

604 .717 .3321 Harbor Patrol vessels: Vancouver Harbour . . . Channels 12 and 16 Fraser River . . . . . . . . . Channels 74 and 16 CBSA Marine Communications Center: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604-713-9810

MOORAGE Harbormaster monitors movements of all commercial deep-sea vessels, cruise ships, fishing vessels, ferries, tugs, barges, pleasure craft AMENITIES Vancouver International Airport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .604-207-7077 Harbour Air . . . . . . . . . . . . 604-274-1277 Helijet International . . . . . 800-665-4354 Via Rail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604-640-3700 Greyhound . . . . . . . . . . . . 604-683-8133 Bus-Translink . . . . . . . . . . . 604-953-3333 MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES (AREA CODE 604) Vancouver General Hospital . . . 875-4111 St . Paul’s Hospital (Downtown) 682-2344 Fire/Police/Ambulance . . . . . . . . . . . 911

FUEL SUPPLIERS Chevron (Coal Harbour) . . 604-681-7725 Chevron (North Arm) . . . . 604-278-2181

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute . . . 1

Delta Western, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Kinematics Marine

Alaska Ship Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Dock Street Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 57, 65

Petro Marine Services . . . . . . . 51,57,59,60,62,67,72,73,71,76

Ballard Oil Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Duramax Marine LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Kodiak Shipyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Port of Port Townsend . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Bloom Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Fishermen's Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

LFS Inc Seattle . . . 46,47,50,53,57,70,72

Simrad Fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CV2

Bostrom, H .O . Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Fusion Marine Technology, LLC . . . . . 32

LifeMed Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,60, 73

Simrad - Navico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chevron USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CV4

Gaski Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Lunde Marine Electronics Inc . . . . . . . . 4

The Blue Heron Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Coast Guard Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . 31

H & H Marine Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Marport Americas Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Twin Disc Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . .CV3

Comfish/Kodiak Area Chamber of

Hansen Boat Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

MER Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Westec Equipment Int Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 13

Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Hart Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

NET Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,52,62

Wrangell Ports & Harbors . . . . . . . . . . 70

Compass Courses Maritime Training . 27

Helmchair .com by Llebroc Industrie . . 12

North Pacific Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Yaquina Boat Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Cook Inlet RCAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Homer Marine Trades Assoc . . . . . . . . 57

Notus Electronics Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Cummins Northwest . . . . 15,22,52,53,64

International Marine Industries Inc . . . 17

Pacific Marine Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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IN FOCUS / THROWBACK

Off-loading 100,000 pounds of opilio crab in Kodiak at the end of the 1989 season. Opilio crab continued its reign as the nation’s most valuable crab fishery with 141 million pounds tallied when the season closed in May. Valued at around 75 cents per pound, it was likely the opilio harvest would top the $100 million mark for the second year in a row. In 1988, 136 million opilio valued at $110 million were harvested. Though there was some evidence that bitter crab disease had made inroads into the opilio population, only a 2 percent infestation was discovered in populations near the dateline.

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We want you to make the best use of your time on the water — and stay on the water longer.

For instance, our MG-5075 and MG-5082 marine gears are renowned for their high performance, low maintenance and long service life — for superior net results.

You’ll also have incomparable engineering and service support through our global distributor network.

Wherever you operate, we are there when you need us.

For expert engineering assistance to assure your optimal product specifications and performance, contact Klaus@TwinDisc.com.

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Reliable. Resilient. Relentless.

You won’t quit. Your boat can’t either. From the harshest weather to the hardest waters, the oil in your engine needs the same spirit as the blood in your veins—the one that keeps you moving forward.

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