Coast Guard participates in international forum focused on Pacific maritime threats

Coast Guard participates in international forum focused on Pacific maritime threats
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia – The United States participated Sept. 30 to Oct. 4 in the 20th meeting of the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum (NPCGF) Summit in Vladivostok. The annual event brings together delegations from the coast guards of Canada, China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States. Vice Adm. Linda Fagan, the U.S. Coast Guard’s Pacific Area commander, was the head of the U.S. delegation. “Illegal,...

Coast Guard, Chinese Law Enforcement Officer Interdict 28 Illegal Fishermen on High Seas

JUNEAU, Alaska — A People’s Republic of China Fisheries Law Enforcement Command (FLEC) officer on board the Coast Guard Cutter Munro, seized a Chinese fishing vessel suspected of illegal large-scale high-seas drift net fishing 400 miles east of Hokkaido, Japan.

Video: North Pacific Coast Guard Forum San Francisco – Day 2

Day Two of the NPCGF Principals’ Meeting in San Francisco. Vice Adm. David Pekoske, Pacific Area Commander, speaks to the delegates at the Forum welcome dinner

North Pacific Coast Guard Forum – San Francisco

Petty Officer Adams Eggers reports on Day 1 of the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum in San Francisco.