Coast Guard Cutter Munro returns home from 128-day deployment

Coast Guard Cutter Munro returns home from 128-day deployment
Crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Munro prepare to disembark after conducting a boarding of South Korean-flagged fishing vessel Dong Won in the South Pacific April 14, 2022, southwest of the Howland/Baker Islands, as part of Operation Blue Pacific. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn) ALAMEDA, Calif. – The crew aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) returned...

Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf returns to homeport in Alameda

Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf returns to homeport in Alameda
Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf crewmember Petty Officer 1st Class Glenn Fennstra embraces his children after Bertholf returned home following a nearly three-month patrol, Nov. 1, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Matt Masaschi. ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) returned to homeport in Alameda Monday, following a 105-day deployment throughout the North...

Coast Guard uncovers 450 shark fins during fisheries boardings

Coast Guard uncovers 450 shark fins during fisheries boardings
A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf boarding team member holds a shark fin while aboard a foreign vessel, Sept. 23, 2021.  U.S. Coast Guard photo JUNEAU, Alaska – An integrated international law enforcement boarding team inspecting fishing vessels in the North Pacific Ocean identified 32 potential violations of conservation and management measures under the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission...

Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro returns home from 2 month patrol

Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro returns home from 2 month patrol
Members from Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro stand in formation on the back of the cutter, July 24, 2020. The cutter’s hull day, July 24, correlates with its hull number, 724. KODIAK, Alaska — The crew aboard Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) returned to homeport following a two-month-long Operation North Pacific Guard (NPG) patrol, focused on enforcing international fishery...

Coast Guard patrols North Pacific in support of international fisheries

Coast Guard patrols North Pacific in support of international fisheries
A boarding team aboard an over-the-horizon cutter boat from Coast Guard Cutter Mellon (WHEC-717) transits toward a fishing vessel to conduct an at-sea boarding in the North Pacific Ocean, Aug. 13, 2019. Mellon is patrolling in support of Operation North Pacific Guard (NPG) 2019. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo by Coast Guard Cutter Mellon. JUNEAU, Alaska — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Mellon (WHEC...