Coast Guard, agency partners continue coordination efforts
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard with endorsement from more than 20 agency partners awarded a contract Wednesday to mitigate a rat issue and to make necessary repairs aboard the Bangun Perkasa to ensure the vessel is in compliance with all state and federal laws before it’s moored in vicinity of Dutch Harbor.
The contract was awarded to Magone Marine in Dutch Harbor and the work is estimated to...
High-Seas Law Enforcement Operations Continue with Seizure of Chinese Fishing Vessel
JUNEAU, Alaska – A People’s Republic of China Fisheries Law Enforcement Command (FLEC) officer, in cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard, seized a Chinese fishing vessel suspected of illegal large-scale high-seas drift net fishing 460 miles east of Hokkaido, Japan.
Vectored in by a Canadian maritime patrol aircraft, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro, with a Chinese fisheries officer on...