The Maple’s trip is intended to celebrate the anniversary of the Coast Guard’s last trip through the Northwest Passage and to re-establish logistics with Canada for securing the important waterway.
Oceans
Coast Guard, DEC finish hazmat cleanup on fishing boat run aground near Wrangell
They removed about 3 gallons of leaked, oily bilge water and around 3,000 pounds of oil products, debris and other hazardous material
Beginning in August: Deep-release puts the pressure on rockfish survival
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is closing all sport fishing for nonpelagic rockfish in outside waters from Yakutat to Ketchikan for three weeks beginning August 1.
Norton Sound beluga whale population is ‘abundant,’ new survey suggests
A recent aerial survey of the eastern Bering Sea suggests the Norton Sound beluga whale population is abundant in number.
Kake man found dead in Frederick Sound after boat runs aground
A caller told the Coast Guard he woke up and found the boat aground with his father no longer piloting the vessel.
Kodiak Island seabird populations having a bad year
Terns are having a difficult year, said Robin Corcoran, a bird biologist for Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. Some of the terns have been noncommittal and aren’t nesting yet, she said. When they do breed, she said crows, red foxes, magpies and brown bears are some of the predators that snack on their eggs.