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Alaska didn’t jump on the
SUSTAINABILITY trend.
WE STARTED IT.
Marine conservation isn’t new to Alaska Seafood.
In fact, a precautionary approach to setting harvest
levels has been in place for decades. Look at the
BSAI Catch Limits chart and see how the numbers tell the story. Each year
scientists conduct surveys of the available biomass and use this data
to calculate conservative catch limits – Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC).
Then, fisheries managers go a step further and set harvest quotas –
Total Allowable Catch (TAC) – that never exceeds the sustainable ABC.
And, with the FAO-Based Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM)
Certification, you have even more assurance that conserving our oceans
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JULY 2014
FEATURES
8
LOTTERY WINNERS
Luck is with the crew of the
76-foot longliner Snow Mist
after it sinks in just three
minutes.
14
BEACHED BOY
A fledgling troller’s ill-advised
attempt to recover two
plastic buoy balls leaves him
stranded.
Our port services listings for Seattle and 84
other West Coast, Alaska and British Columbia
ports start on p. 40.
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Cover: Tristan Biddinger, 7, walks the
docks in Newport, Ore.
Sharon Biddinger, Simply Design
Studios photo, 2012
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HALIBUT HEADACHES
Given all the pain of catching,
storing and off-loading
flatties, shouldn’t they be
called hellibut?
24
GOOD AS NEW
Reviving the Indiana, a classic
wooden seiner, means building a
new boat out of the old one.
28
LEARNING THE ROPES
A 38-year-old former teacher
gets schooled in the ways of
fishing for tanner crabs.
DEPARTMENTS
Editorial3
Tidings4
Calendar5
Industry Waypoints
6
Directory of Fishermen’s
Organizations
30
Port Index
39
Port Listings
40
Advertiser Index
79
Last Set
80
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PILOTHOUSE GUIDE / JULY 2014
PILOTHOUSE LOG
A little journal for the journey
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W
elcome back to the high season! No, this
has nothing to do with Washington’s
legalization of a certain recreational substance.
It’s the time of year to celebrate puffs of diesel
smoke and wrapping your fingers around the
delicate underbellies of salmon squirming in nets.
Soon many harbor horizons will spring to life
with the encroaching bows of fishing boats ready
to take on the season.
As the salmon answer a call to return to their
home rivers, so must the fishermen.
As is our annual custom, we have answered
the call to resurrect the good old days of Alaska
Fisherman’s Journal in these pages, along with
some listings we hope will help you on your
JESSICA HATHAWAY
journey to a safe harbor, wherever that may be.
Editor in chief
We’ve added a few pages of news stories,
industry happenings and an events calendar that
you may find intriguing should you be in port between openings looking for something
to do besides sleep, shower, restock or hoist yourself onto a barstool — depending on
what kind of season you’re having and how you choose to cope with the results.
In the meantime, when you’re out to sea, I hope you keep your mind clear, your
blood clean and your mouth absolutely filthy. Or fishy, as you may prefer.
In the words of Thomas Henry Huxley, “Be prepared to give up every preconceived
notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall
learn nothing.”
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TIDINGS
Alaska
Cook Inlet
NEWS FROM
THE WEST COAST & ALASKA
Wash.
California industry advocate says landings dip is natural
W
est Coast fishermen landed 1.1
“I don’t sense any changes in effort or
billion pounds of seafood worth
anything like that,” he says.
$662 million in 2012, down slightly
The West Coast species with the
from 2011 totals, according to a report
largest landings decreases were salmon,
on U.S. fisheries economdown 42 percent, and hake,
ics for 2012 that NMFS redown 30 percent. Albacore
leased in late April.
tuna had the biggest increase
The region’s commercial
at 26 percent.
2012 volume total dropped
Lower halibut quotas in
9.1 percent from the 1.2 bilthe Pacific Northwest “have
lion pounds landed in 2011,
nothing to do with anything
the report says. Likewise the
but fewer halibut,” he says.
revenue total fell 6.6 perChanging weather patterns
cent from $709 million in
and ocean currents factor
2011.
into how much fish is availWest Coast landings
The landings changes slid slightly in 2012.
able in a given year.
noted in the report simply
“These are things we learn
reflect natural fluctuations, says Zeke
to take in stride,” Grader says. “Demand
Grader, executive director of the Pa- for wild fish has been good, and as long
cific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s as the economy stays strong, then fishing
economics will stay strong.”
Associations.
T
he Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association bought the Port Graham
Hatchery and plans to begin operations
to bring pink salmon back to lower
Cook Inlet this summer. The hatchery
has been closed since 2007.
The association plans to begin by incubating 84 million pink salmon eggs,
with a conservative estimated return of
1.7 million fish. At maximum capacity
(125 million eggs), the estimated return
is 2.6 million fish. At full production, returns are estimated to generate $2.2 million and $5.6 million in ex-vessel value
annually. The first significant harvest is
expected to take place in 2016.
At the signing of the agreement on
4
April 15, association representatives said
they hoped the deal would revitalize the
area’s fishing culture and economy —
which includes a long-idle processing
plant next to the hatchery.
“This is a great opportunity not only
for the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, but also for the community of Port
Graham and other Cook Inlet salmon
users,” said executive director Gary Fandrei.
Calif.
San Francisco Bay
what price they were landing the first
king salmon of the summer season.
Despite the springtime focus on the
California drought, which will affect
future runs, this year salmon fishermen
look to reap the benefits of a predicted
abundance of returns from a wet 2011.
This year, the estimate is about
630,000 fish. While it’s still a strong
number (the projection for 2013 was
about 860,000 fish), fishermen are worried about what’s to come. The industry
is concerned enough statewide to commit to moving salmon fry downstream
by truck to aid them on their journey to
the sea, bypassing riverbeds too dry to
support the run.
“We’re really worried about the
drought,” said Larry Collins, founder of
the profit-sharing San Francisco Community Fishing Association. But for the
first time in its history, the Coleman
National Hatchery agreed to truck its fry
to the bay. “That’s gonna really help,”
Collins adds.
California salmon kicks off,
but drought worries loom
Barbara Emley
Hatchery may spawn return
of pinks to lower Cook Inlet
Ore.
T
he West Coast salmon season
kicked off in San Francisco Bay at
midnight on May 1. But at press time
fishermen had been hard at work for
more than a week without knowing at
2014 is expected to be a good year
for California salmon fishermen.
body,” Lila says, “react with human receptors to fight diseases.”
laska natives have utilized seaweed
as food and medicine for generations. Now a North Carolina State University study published in the Journal of
Agriculture and Food Chemistry backs
up those benefits. Researchers tested six
edible species of
Alaska seaweed.
Dr. Mary Ann
Lila,
director
of the university’s Plants for
Human Health
Institute,
and
Joshua Kellogg,
Joshua Kellogg
the
project’s
studies ribbon kelp.
lead researcher,
found the seaweed species are naturally
rich in antioxidants that have the potential to prevent obesity-related health
conditions. Further research indicates
the Alaska seaweed shows potential for
combatting obesity, too.
Alaska seaweed’s ability to withstand a
punishing environment by accumulating
phytoactive compounds to protect itself
can benefit humans, too, Lila says.
“Those compounds released in your
Bill revises payment terms
for groundfish buyback loan
NCSU
A
N
ew legislation gives West Coast
groundfish fishermen more manageable rates for paying back their fishery’s buyback program.
The Revitalizing the Economy of
Fisheries in the Pacific Act, requires
fishermen be given the same interest
rates on federal loans as other businesses,
extends loan lengths from 30 to 45 years
and caps fees from NOAA.
“The bill gives common sense financing solutions to our West Coast groundfish fishery and its ability to refinance
on their buyback loans,” said its sponsor
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.).
That fleet currently pays a 5 percent
ex-vessel landings rate toward repayment for the $46 million buyback program, which reduced the fishery by 91
vessels and 239 fishing permits. Groundfish fishermen also pay about half the
cost of their required 100 percent observer coverage, for which they will
eventually pay the full price of approximately $415 per day.
JUNE
June 2-10
North Pacific Fishery
Management Council Meeting
Nome, Alaska
(907) 271-2809
www.npfmc.org
June 18-25
Pacific Fishery Management
Council Meeting
Hyatt Regency Orange County
11999 Harbor Blvd.
Garden Grove, Calif.
(714) 750-1234 / www.pcouncil.org
June 19
A Brief History of Santa
Barbara Channel fisheries
Mick Kronman, author,
“From Hooks to Harpoons”
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
Santa Barbara, Calif.
(805) 962-8404 x115
www.sbmm.org
To list your event, contact Linc
Bedrosian at lbedrosian@divcom.
com or (207) 842-5622
Alaska expands tax credit
to canned salmon, herring
I
n April, the Alaska Legislature unanimously passed a bill that will give a
tax credit to processors investing in new
canned salmon and herring products.
A previous version of the bill, which
has been on the books for 10 years, has
been credited with diversification of
salmon products — and raising prices. In
2003, 72 percent of Alaska’s pink salmon
was canned. That number dropped to
49 percent by 2012. At the same time,
pink salmon prices rose from 9 cents per
pound in 2003 to 48 cents per pound
in 2012, according to the McDowell
Group in Juneau.
The new version expands the
credit to herring
products
and salmon in
nontraditional
can sizes. That
will likely mean Canned pinks may
come in new sizes.
smaller sizes, according to Tyson Fick, communications
director for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.
JULY
July 12-13
Ballard SeafoodFest
Downtown Ballard, Wash.
(206) 784-9705 / www.seafoodfest.org
AUGUST
August 1-2
Sitka Seafood Festival
Sitka, Alaska
[email protected]
www.sitkaseafoodfestival.org
August 1-3
Salmonstock
A celebration of fish and music
benefiting the fight against Pebble
Ninilchik, Alaska
(907) 743-1900 / www.salmonstock.org
August 20-22
Smoking Alaska seafood for
fun and profit
Kodiak Seafood and Marine
Science Center
Kodiak, Alaska
Contact Alex Oliveira
[email protected]
www.seagrant.uaf.edu/map/workshops/2014/smoking-seafood
SEPTEMBER
September 13
Commercial Fishermen’s
Festival
Hammond Marina, Hammond, Ore.
(503) 791-8703
www.commercialfishermensfestival.com
NOVEMBER
November 19-21
Pacific Marine Expo
CenturyLink Field Event Center
(207) 842-5508
www.pacificmarineexpo.com
ONGOING
Through Dec. 31
Highliners: Boats of the
Century Longline Centennials
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Center for Wooden Boats
1010 Valley St., Seattle
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Jessica Hathaway
Study touts health benefits
of Alaska seaweed species
INDUSTRY WAYPOINTS
• Redden Marine Supply opened its
fifth retail location, a combined sales
and distribution warehouse site,
on the Lake
6
Washington Ship Canal in Seattle. The
new 37,000-square-foot facility is close
to Fisherman’s Terminal, Elliott Bay
Marina and Shilshole Bay Marina and
supports Redden’s wholesale delivery
network for its commercial fishing cus-
tomers. Customers can simply pull their
boats up to the store’s dock, make their
purchases and head back out onto the
water.
• Pescamax in Seattle was appointed as
Kwik’pak Fisheries’ fresh sales agent
for Yukon River salmon. Kwik’pak is
a community owned fishery established
by the Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association in 2001 to ensure a
fair commercial market to the Lower
Yukon River regional fishermen. Their
efforts provide a source of income for
Yupik villagers while allowing them to
remain true to their culture and environment.
Tony Westlock
▲
The Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association named Sue Aspelund as
its executive director. Aspelund
takes the helm from longtime Executive Director Bob Waldrop. Previously she served as deputy director in the Alaska
Department of Fish & Game’s Division of Commercial Fisheries, as a fisheries policy advisor to the comSue Aspelund
missioner of the department and
as executive director of Cordova District Fishermen United. From 1980 to 2003 Aspelund owned
and operated a salmon setnet operation on the
Naknek River. In other BBRSDA news, at the 2014
board election, incumbent Fritz Johnson ran un- Fritz Johnson
opposed and retained his seat, while new member
Larry Christensen won the seat formerly held by John Fairbanks.
• NMFS has accepted a request
from the Center for Biological
Diversity to review the available
scientific evidence and determine if
current designated critical habitat for
southern resident killer whales, as
guided by the Endangered Species Act,
should be revised and expanded. The
petition seeks to expand the whales’
existing critical habitat in the inland
waters of Washington (approximately
2,500 square miles) to also include
foraging and wintering areas along
the U.S. West Coast. The center
also requested that NMFS consider
sound as an important feature of
existing and expanded critical habitat
areas. Information, comments or
data submissions were expected to be
submitted by June 24. Comments can
be submitted electronically via the
e-Rulemaking Portal using keyword
“NOAA-NMFS-2014-0041” and
clicking on the “Comment Now!”
icon. Mail or hand-deliver comments
to NMFS, West Coast Region,
Protected Resources Division, 7600
Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle, WA
98115 Attn: Lynne Barre, Seattle
branch chief. For further information,
NOAA
• The Alaska Marine Safety
Education Association is holding
pre-season workshops for commercial
fishermen entitled “Strains, Sprains
and Pains: Ergonomic Injury
Prevention for Commercial
Fishermen.”
Learn about
ways to avoid
musculoskeletal
problems common in commercial
fishing, and share ideas on ergonomic
changes fishermen have made on their
vessels. Attendees are encouraged to
bring a mat to practice some exercises
to tune up before, during and after the
season. Workshops were scheduled
for Sitka on June 12 at Harrigan
Centennial Hall from 6 to 8 p.m. and
in Kenai at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture
Association from 9 to 11 a.m.
Workshops are free for commercial
fishermen. To register, contact AMSEA
at (907) 747-3287 or visit www.amsea.
org for more information.
contact: Lynne Barre, NMFS West
Coast Region, (206) 526-4745; or
Dwayne Meadows, NMFS Office of
Protected Resources, (301) 427-8403.
• The Coast Guard will be offering
free preseason dockside safety
exams of commercial fishing vessels
in Bristol Bay for the 2014 salmon
fishery. These exams were scheduled
for Dillingham and King Salmon from
June 9 to 20 and in Egegik from June
9 to 13. Examiners will not issue fines
or other penalties. Boat owners should
signal examiners by running a ring
buoy up high on the mast. Fishermen
can also sign up by calling Coast Guard
Sector Anchorage at (907) 428-4154.
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FEATURES / FROM
MAY 1988
The
sinking
of the
SNOW
MIST
O
n Saturday, April 2, at approximately 1 p.m., the
76-foot longliner Snow
Mist rolled over in heavy
seas six miles off Tatoosh on the Washington coast. Aboard were skipper John
Fritsch, mate Dewey McMillin and three
crewmen, Steve Willgress, Greg Coleman and Arthur Gamash. The houseforward steel vessel, built in 1955, sank
in three minutes. Sitting at a table in the
Salmon Bay Cafe, Fritsch and McMillin
considered themselves very lucky men.
“The weather report we’d gotten Friday night said that it was going to turn
to gale warnings Saturday afternoon,”
McMillin began, “so we thought that
we’d go ahead and stay out Friday
night, get up Saturday morning, make a
set and then run in before the gale.
“We got up Saturday morning and it
was small craft just like it was supposed
to be. We’d been listening to weather
all the time and it never predicted anything more than a gale,” he said.
“A gale doesn’t bother us,” explained
Fritsch. “We just can’t quite fish in it.
So we started heading in about 8 o’clock
Saturday morning from about 40 miles
out.” As they did, the seas and swells
began to build. What they didn’t know
was that the gale warnings would soon
be upgraded to a full storm.
“We had a 20-foot swell out of the
west and it was blowing 35-40 knots
out of the southwest with a 10- to 158
Dewey McMillin (left) and skipper John Fritsch smile on dry land as they
recount their Easter weekend ordeal.
foot chop,” said Fritsch. “Out of the
northeast there was another ground
swell from the beaches of Vancouver
Island.
“Everything was fine,” said Fritsch.
“A couple guys were in the bunks.
Dewey, the mate, was checking things,
watching the engine room and everything was fine; everything was normal.”
Everything was normal until 1 p.m.
“The stern was basically underwater,” said Fritsch, “which is not unusual
for a fishing boat of that design. She was
pounding over constantly.
“Then she started acting a little sluggish, and a big wave came and rolled
us over on our side and she didn’t respond, she didn’t come back. She just
flopped right over on the side.
“Immediately everyone was yelling,” said Fritsch. “Everybody knew something was seriously wrong. We were all the
way over on our side, mast in the water.
“I responded by trying to make the boat turn into the sea
to flip us back over, but no response. The engines went, but
it didn’t move the boat any. I was able to grab the mike and
give off a Mayday. I found out later that somebody else was
transmitting at the same time and Toffino Traffic got half of
my message and Neah Bay got the other half. But I didn’t get
any response on the radio, so I made it one more time and I
couldn’t stick around for any more response, and I didn’t hear
one on my way out.
“I grabbed my survival suit and tried to get out the wheelhouse. I was unable to, so I had to go back through the crew’s
quarters and use all my strength to get out of the galley door
while water was coming in, just rushing down to the engine
room, flooding that, of course. There was no way we could
have manned any pumps or done anything to help us. It was
immediately beyond any help,” said Fritsch.
When Fritsch got on deck, crewmen Willgress and Gamash
were working to free the life raft while McMillin was putting
on his survival suit.
“I got my suit on then got up there,” said McMillin. “Two
of our survival suits were on the back deck in a wood box,
and three of them were up forward: two in a closet and one
on a bunk.
“You should always have your survival suit handy,” said
McMillin, “not in the bottom of the closet, and let everybody
know where they’re at. Like John said, the house was filling
with water, and when the boat’s on its side and when you’re
walking on the walls instead of the deck, everything becomes
really confusing in there.
“If it is possible to have ’em outside, accessible without being blown over, I think it’s a good idea,” said McMillin.
“In the middle of the boat someplace, always in the middle,” added Fritsch. “If they’re on one side or the other, or at
the bow or stern, you might not be able to get ’em. Hopefully
you’d have a top on the box that would release, so they will
float. That would be the best thing, because we could have
got those suits if they were floating.”
As it turned out, McMillin and Fritsch were the only two
who were able to find a suit in time.
“As it was going down, with our feet on the bulwark, just
lying down on the side of the house, we put on our survival
suits and went up and helped get the raft free,” McMillin
explained.
“The mast had rolled over on the life raft. They [Willgress
and Gamash] popped the raft themselves because they weren’t
sure if the releases were going to work.”
As the raft was inflating the mast came down on top, pinning it and filling it full of water.
“The mast was coming up and down in the swell,” said
Fritsch. “We had guy wires, stays for the mast, which were
tangled up in there, too. Luckily, at the right time the guys
pulled on it, and the mast came up on the right swell and it
was able to pop out of there.”
“I pulled it clear back almost to us,” said McMilllin, “and
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that’s when everyone started bailing
into the life raft.”
Had the raft not come clear, the three
without survival suits would likely have
perished.
“Greg Coleman had on a shirt and
pants,” McMillin explained. “Arthur
Gamash had on a pair of Hawaiian
flowered swimming trunks — no shirt,
no shoes, no socks. Steve Willgress had
on a full pair of long underwear, shirt
and bottoms — that was it.
“When the boat started to roll, I was
wearing a pair of shoes, pants and a Tshirt. I’ve practiced getting into my survival suit and I’ve got size 12 feet. With
shoes on it takes me almost five minutes
to crawl in and get my feet down and
situated. I kicked my shoes off before I
even attempted getting into my survival
suit.
“The boat sank, we figure, in under three minutes from the time we
became concerned till the time it was
gone. And I had time to put on my survival suit and get up and screw around
with the life raft, so I think I was under
MAY 1988
The Snow Mist before.
two minutes,” said McMillin.
“Instinct kind of told me to take my
boots off. I had logger boots on,” said
Fritsch. “I didn’t have time to take ’em
off and actually get into my suit, but
I have size 8 feet — I slipped right in
there pretty quickly. The boat was going down. By the time I got in the water my zipper wasn’t up yet.”
The three crewmen without suits
went right for the raft, but Fritsch and
McMillin weren’t as eager to get inside.
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“I didn’t want to get into the life
raft,” said McMillin, “because the boat
was right under us. I didn’t want to get
into the life raft until I saw the boat
gone and made sure that it didn’t reach
up and grab that life raft. I just kept
having this thought that the boat was
going to suck that life raft down.”
“Well,” said McMillin, “it went down
right underneath us, and I thought for
sure with its last dying breath it was going to just reach out there and grab that
life raft and tip us down with it.
“So I just sat out there in the water
and watched. It went down bow first,
and then the stern went under the water and then came back up about eight
feet out of the water, and I could see
the three rudders across the back. Then
it just went floating off it. You must
have been able to see it 30, 40, 50 feet
going down… and then it was history.
“Then I climbed in the life raft.”
The mood in the raft rose and fell
like the seas.
“One guy was in shock,” Fritsch said,
“real cold, worrying about dying, losing
his feet and so on. We were all trying to
comfort him and telling him everything
was going to be cool. We were in the
life raft now. It was awful scary.”
“We got out a mayday. Maybe someone heard us; maybe they didn’t,” said
McMillin. “We couldn’t see anything
but we knew there were boats in the
area because we’d seen them in the radar.”
Very soon after boarding the raft
things began to look up, at least momentarily.
“It may have been a half an hour we
were in there and a log ship came by.
There were two of ’em,” said McMillin. “I fired a parachute flare right across
their bow. It was a beautiful shot. And
the guy came out on the wing of the
bridge of the log ship and gave us the
international distress signal,” McMillin said, demonstrating the crossed-arm
wave.
“The emotions in the boat were, all
right, we’re saved!’ We were soaring.
We were high people then,” McMillin recalled. “And then the asshole just
keeps right on going.”
“We thought he was just circling on
our position, and he was gone — 18
knots, steaming away from us. And
when we realized that, we thought,
“We got out a
mayday. Maybe
someone heard us;
maybe they didn’t.”
‘Shit, someone’s out there trying to kill
us.’”
“This was the day before Easter,” said
McMillin, “and God came fairly heav-
ily into the subject. We definitely were
all praying and talking to him at that
time. It was down, it was really low in
that boat.”
But the emotional and physical rollercoaster ride was far from over.
“We heard what we thought was a
jet plane coming,” said McMillin. “And
the one kid who was totally green said,
‘It’s a jet plane, it’s a jet plane,’ and he
opens up the flap to wave at the jet
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MAY 1988
DON’T TRUST YOUR LIFE TO LUCK
D
ewey McMillin, recounting the survival of the crew of the Snow
Mist. “We’re losing enough lives in the industry as it is now.
Something has to be done. We have to have some sort of regulation.”
McMillin and John Fritsch, skipper of the 76-foot steel longliner,
were frank about the lack of training aboard their own vessel. “We
didn’t have a boat drill,” said McMillin. “Two of the guys didn’t even
know we had a life raft on board.”
Besides the need for safety equipment, the survivors stressed the
need for training and drills. “You need to take an hour at the start
of each trip, just one hour and go through safety procedures,” said
McMillin.
“Definitely have everyone know where the life raft is and how it
works,” said Fritsch. “Make sure everyone has put on a survival suit,
practiced getting into it and knows where they’re kept. Actually have
a drill.
“I know the next boat I run or am even on, even as a crew member, I’m going to make sure that everybody knows what’s going on,”
Fritsch added. “They should be familiar with the radios and the safety equipment in case something happens to the captain. And they
should know how to operate the boat in case the captain falls overboard. Everybody should be able to turn that boat around and pick
that guy up safely.”
A list of safety equipment and procedures should be posted conspicuously as a reminder to the crew, Fritsch said.
Speaking of safety equipment, McMillin noted that survival suits
and life rafts are not even required.
“How crazy is that?” he asked.
“No way would we have made it if we didn’t have that life raft,” said
Fritsch, who noted that if they’d had an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB), “we would have been found a lot sooner.”
“I understand that for the money fishermen are making it seems like
an unbelievable expense for this safety equipment,” said McMillin,
“but we have to have it.
“These expenses are nothing compared to a life, you know. They
really aren’t. They’re more important than gear.”
down in the trough.
“You can hear this wisssssssh, you
know, and everything starts to shake.
Then [McMillin slaps his hands together] the water hits the raft and you’re like
pinballs inside getting knocked around.”
“It worried us the first few waves until we got used to it,” said Fritsch. “It
sounded just like a jet. It was weird. I
never heard anything like it. Everybody
would hear that noise and go, oh God,
hang on.”
About two and a half hours after the
encounter with the log ships, a Coast
Guard helicopter appeared. The log
ship had reported their position. “The
emotions inside the life raft had been
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up and down: We were saved, we were
alive, we were dead, we were lost, we
were going to starve, we were going to
freeze,” said McMillin. “And then the
helicopter flies right by us. We can see
it perfectly. It’s 300 feet away from us,
and they didn’t see us.
“They’re going up wind. They’ll
never find us back here,” said McMillin,
describing his thoughts at the time. He
found out later that the copter crew was
watching the debris from the sunken
vessel as they flew toward their reported
position, about 8 miles upwind. The raft
had drifted a long way in the storm.
“It was another half hour before they
came back and found us,” said McMil-
lin.
“Thank the pilot,” said Fritsch.
“When he got to our debris he checked
the wind direction and followed it right
back to us. He was supposed to start a
grid, but due to the conditions and the
time and the fuel he just turned with
the wind and came right to us.”
It was too chancy for an aerial pick
up, so the chopper crew lowered two
thermal blankets to the men in the raft
while they waited for a 44-footer on
surface patrol.
Despite the chopper missing them
on the first pass, McMillin and Fritsch
had nothing but praise for the chopper
crew.
“They did not miss a beat,” said McMillin. “They dropped those two blankets, in those seas, on a line in 40-knot
winds right to the opening. It was totally unbelievable in those conditions.”
“Two of the guys were cold,” recalled McMillin. “One of them had
hypothermia.” Remarkably, it was not
the crewman in the swim trunks.
“The guy in the swimming trunks,”
said McMillin, “was stressing all the
time in the life raft, ‘If you don’t tense
up, if you just relax, be cool about it,
you don’t get as cold and your blood
flows much better through your body.’
“It’s his first time ever out in a boat,
and he’s pretending like it’s a big party.
He’s cracking jokes the whole time,”
recalled McMillin with a smile. “He
never freaked out. He came through
with flying colors.”
Though the Coast Guard helicopter
was hovering overhead, the sea wasn’t
quite through with the crew of the
Snow Mist.
“And then the next thing we see is a
large container ship bearing down on
us,” said McMillin. “They were trying
to help. They were told to go a quarter
mile upwind from us and create a lee so
the Coast Guard lifeboat could come in
and pick us up. And due to the sea and
wind conditions they misjudged. And
they were coming right at us.
“You could see that they were trying
to turn away from us. They were trying
to turn the stern upwind and it wasn’t
working, and we got caught in the draft
of the ship.
And it started sucking us into the
prop.”
“And the prop’s churning out of the
water,” Fritsch recalled with a nervous
laugh.
“You could see the spurs on the brass
prop,” said McMillin, “and hear that
thud-thud, thud-thud, thud-thud. You
could tell they were giving it full fart to
get out of our way. They missed us by
about 20 feet.”
“Then the Coast Guard arrived from
Neah Bay,” said Fritsch, “and threw us
a line and pulled the life raft in to their
boat at the right timing of the seas and
informed us what to do. And we flew.
We bellyflopped right on deck.”
“We leaped right on board just like
seals coming out of the ocean,” said
McMillin. “That raft was so claustrophobic, it was unbelievable.”
“I was the last one out of the raft,”
said McMillin, “and just as I was getting
out of the raft the line parted, and the
raft took off.”
Though the crew of the Snow Mist
was finally safe and sound, the ride back
to Neah Bay was a memorable one.
“The 44s, as they call ’em in the
Coast Guard, are the surf boats,” said
McMilllin. “They can turn over, go
through anything. They jammed us
all in the forepeak and I noticed there
were seatbelts, which I’d never seen on
a boat before. It was a two-and-a-halfhour ride in this lifeboat, which was the
roughest riding boat I have ever been
in. They were hurrying because one of
our crew had hypothermia and they’d
been on a search since 6 o’clock in the
morning, looking for a sailboat that had
a busted boom.
“They strap themselves on deck in
survival suits,” said McMillin, “one guy
facing forward, one guy facing the stern
and one guy driving the boat, in all sea
conditions. They’re just soaked, and
they’re pounding. You need kidney
belts in these things.”
Fritsch and McMillin couldn’t say
enough about the hospitality at the
Neah Bay station. Besides offering
medical treatment, hot showers, food,
the Coast Guardsmen provided “clothing off their backs because we didn’t
have any,” said McMillin. “They had
to rearrange their whole crew so that
they could give us beds.”
“I told the commander of the base
we could sleep out on the couches in
front of the TV,” Fritsch recalled. “He
said, ‘Not in my base.’ It was first class
for us. It was really great.”
“We got up the next morning and
they had Easter breakfast waiting for
us. Their families were all coming for
the Easter egg hunt. We were introduced to their families and felt like
family; it was open house. We’d really
like to say how much we appreciate
the feeling after going through something like we just went through,” said
McMillin. “It was the best Easter I’d
ever had.
“We were stuck there,” McMillin
added with a laugh. “The car that came
to pick us up broke down. Our luck
was still running bad.”
But of course, there’s all kinds of bad
luck, and McMillin wasn’t laughing
when he said, “The way this situation
worked out, we were lottery winners
— lottery winners of life. It was just
blind luck.”
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FEATURES / FROM
APRIL 1988
ROCKING
with the
BEACH BUOYS
By LONNIE HAUGHTON
T
he early 1970s were
the years when the first wave
of “hippie” fishermen joined
the Alaskan fleets. The summer-long Southeastern troll fishery
seemed ideal for laid-back immigrants
from the flower-power culture of the
late 1960s: Spring a deal for a small,
funky troller, then be your own boss, set
your own pace, fish the nice weather,
cook abalone on afternoon beach fires.
Who could ask for anything more?
Those days are gone forever. The
shrinking troll seasons have weeded
out the laid-back and the incompetent;
debts, death, reefs, and wives have re14
moved others. The
funky 34-foot trollers have
been replaced by 45-foot combination
troller/longliners that fish from Cape
Muzon to Cape St. Elias. And their
shorthaired ex-hippie captains now
grumble about their lazy punk crews.
Some of us balding ex-longhairs
graduated to the modern fisheries more
by luck and grace of the gods than by
any inherent toughness or fishing ability. We barely slid over the reefs at high
tide, but we found day-dreaming bankers to renegotiate the loans and missed
the wives who demanded summer gardens instead of summers at sea. After 15
years of close calls and near misses, we
have stumbled into a small amount of
fishing knowledge — and the realization that we are now too old and calcified to learn another trade.
This is the story of just one close call
from my comedy/history of at-sea errors. I dedicate the tale to Captain Mike
Jewett of the troller Kiska, who was
never a hippie and who pleads yearly to
hear the story again.
The year is 1974, my second season
as the proud owner of the 31-foot Sabine, a jewel of a boat to me, but once
described in different terms by Ralph
Guthrie of the Illahee, who said, “At
a distance, it looks like a wart on
a log.”
Assisted by Cari, my sweetheart and crew, I am trolling
daily on the Little Roller
circle at Noyes Island,
baffled by the huge
disparity between my
scores and those of the
highliners — Wendell
Pitcher on the Nevada, for example. But
in those days even the
life of a lowliner was
a good one; that summer we trolled 100 full
days and still partied on
the beaches when the west
winds blew.
Back then most trollers did
not frantically charge up and
down the coast seeking the salmon
mother lodes. We picked our general fishing area (mine was bounded
by Helm Point, Warren Channel and
Cape Addington) and waited for the
salmon to swim to us.
I was marking time for a few Little
Roller kings, waiting for the arrival of
the late-July cohos.
In a fit of boredom one lazy sunny
day, I trolled into the Middle Ground
—between the Little Roller drag and a
circle of boats fishing The Haystack —
where I glimpsed an orange flash over
on the rocky shore. With the binoculars I could see two plastic buoy balls
deposited by a recent high tide.
Now I didn’t really need any more
buoy bags. I already had three to use as
bumpers and was still years away from
any desire to experiment with longlin-
ing or pot fishing. But on the other
hand, the value of the buoys was surely
equivalent to my daily lowliner wages,
and in retrieving them I might earn the
envy of my friends. So I pulled the gear,
dropped anchor and prepared to hit the
beach.
The “beach” on this rocky, precipitous shore was a 25-foot stretch of gravel
exposed by the low tide and somewhat
protected from the ocean swell by an
offshore rock, which was also exposed
at low water. A light westerly breeze
was generating breakers along the coastline, but I was sure I could safely row
ashore in the lee of the rock.
What I planned to row was our
5-1/2-foot plastic dinghy, which was
small considering my size (6 foot 2 and
only, at that time, 200 pounds). But
it had built-in foam flotation and was
theoretically unsinkable. This was the
pre-survival-suit era, but I had two life
jackets that I tossed into the dinghy as a
gesture to good sense.
By the time I was ready to shove off,
Cari was expressing strong doubts about
my wisdom. One similarity between
fools and heroes is their ability to shrug
off words of caution.
So there I was, a giant scrunched in a
pea pod, life jackets at my feet, rowing
“I had the distinct
impression of playing
a bit part in a John
Wayne war movie.”
toward the shore while Cari watched
tearfully through the binoculars. Ignoring a few spasms of fear (the swells were
certainly bigger down here at skiff level), I rowed around the rock and surfed
onto the gravelly shore, shipping only a
couple of quarts of water in the process.
I dragged the skiff up to the drift-
wood line and bounded down the
rocky shore toward the waiting buoys.
While rowing in I had noticed that the
distant buoys seemed larger than I had
first thought, perhaps even a couple
sizes up from the ones I used as bumpers. No matter — the bigger the better. What a score!
The balls grew ever larger as I got
closer. They were the largest I had ever
seen. Each was about 3 feet in diameter,
and they were connected with a short
piece of l-inch Dacron line. I couldn’t
imagine a fishery that needed a buoy
set-up like this.
Visions of carrying my treasure back
to the dinghy quickly faded; the balls
were so large it was impossible to carry
both and still walk across the rocks. But
in the middle of the Dacron line was a
spliced eye, and I was able to hang onto
it and drag the bouncing buoys along. I
could feel Cari’s stare as she, too, surely
marveled at my good fortune.
Another vision, of rowing back to
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FEATURES / FROM
APRIL 1988
the Sabine with the buoys tucked at
my feet, faded to reality — the behemoths were as big as the skiff. I hadn’t
thought to bring extra line ashore, but I
found that there was enough slack with
the Dacron eye to attach the buoys by
one half-hitch to a metal handle on the
transom. The revised vision saw me
towing while proudly rowing.
While attending to the details, I noticed that the gravel beach had become
smaller, and the waves had grown bigger. The afternoon westerly was rising
with the incoming tide, and the tide
had substantially reduced the size of the
rock breakwater offshore. No need for
an intelligent mariner to panic, though.
I deciphered an advantageous pattern in
the breakers: large wave, small wave,
large wave, then seven small waves.
Obviously, I should commence rowing
while the second larger wave receded
and thus safely transit through the surf
before the arrival of the next large wave.
So, as large wave No. 2 backed out,
I began rowing my plastic dinghy with
the orange caboose. The buoys exerted more drag than I had expected and
with a touch of panic I increased my
rowing rate. Picture the giant in a pea
pod, floating in five inches of water,
frantically skimming the oars across the
surface and slowly towing two large orange balls in a race against time.
Everything was progressing well
enough. I was just moments away from
triumph when disaster struck. In my
haste, one of the oars bounced across
my scrunched knees, knocking it free
of the oarlock. The stroke of the other
oar turned the dinghy sideways, and
I was still in this position, frantically
working to get the loose oar mated
with the oarlock, when large wave No.
1 turned my world upside down. Spitting seawater, I found myself standing
in a couple of feet of water, surrounded
by the floating oars, life jackets and the
overturned dinghy (with its orange caboose). I threw the oars and life jackets
to the beach and then fought my way
through large wave No. 2 toward the
buoyed dinghy, which was being pulled
offshore by a strong undercurrent.
The dinghy was at the surface but
totally underwater, so I grabbed the cabooses and attempted to pull the entire
train to shore. I was halfway there when
the half-hitch slipped free, causing me
to fall on my butt — from which position I watched the dinghy get sucked
out to sea. At least I had the buoys.
Whenever I am in trouble my first
line of defense is to pray for a miracle.
Standing on the gravel, I focused my
eyes on the disappearing dinghy, silently pleading for an opposing current to
push it back toward the rocks. Soon it
was gone from sight.
There I stood, with the oars and
jackets and buoys, with no clue what
to do next. I can’t swim, I hate to get
wet, and I have no Robinson Crusoe
abilities to make do with flotsam and
jetsam. I had never shown Cari how to
run the boat, and even if I had, what
could she do to get me off the beach?
She did the only thing she could,
which was to call for help on the CB
channel used by the Little Roller fleet.
Wendell on the Nevada responded, and
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“One similarity
between fools and
heroes is their ability
to shrug off words
of caution.”
within half an hour there were several
large trollers on station with the small
Sabine. Meanwhile, the rising tide had
covered the breakwater rock, and the
westerly wind was pushing large breakers along the entire shore.
I was in no danger, but I was suffering from an acute case of mortification. The troller captains, witnesses to
my predicament, were members of the
club of highliner fishermen that I had
dreamed of someday joining. I wanted
to explain to them that the beach had
not looked so forbidding when I had
begun — that I may have been dumb,
but I wasn’t a complete idiot. I feared
this fiasco would haunt my reputation
forever.
By dint of arm-waving signals from
Wendell, I gathered I was to attempt
walking down the beach to the safety
of Little Roller Bay. Unfortunately, the
stretch of rocks and gravel was bounded by steep cliffs forming an open-air
prison. Hand over hand I climbed sev-
eral hundred feet up one of them, more
terrified than I had ever been, before
further signals gave me permission to
come down.
I retreated to the beach, which by
now was just a ribbon of gravel as the
rising tide advanced the growing breakers. Sitting on one of my buoys and
basking in the sun, I waited for whatever was next. I passed the time wondering how many years it would take to
live this down.
After an hour of inactivity, while still
sitting on the orange ball, I noticed a
cloud of black smoke on the horizon. I
had no idea what it was, but any distraction from the embarrassment was welcome. Then I realized the smoke was
produced by a LARGE Coast Guard
cutter steaming full speed for the beach!
I had hoped my rescue would remain
small, quiet and local, and my idea of
a big Coast Guard boat had been the
95-footer based in Ketchikan. Instead,
here was the 210-foot Coast Guard
cutter Confidence from Kodiak, with
a crew of 75, stopping a mile offshore.
I learned later she was en route to Kodiak and just happened to be in the area
when Wendell reported my problem.
I watched as the crew aboard the
Confidence lowered a fiberglass
40-footer, with an eight-man crew,
who zipped in close to the beach and,
to my growing amazement, launched a
large inflatable raft carrying two rubberized frogmen. As the frogmen paddled
skillfully through the surf, I had the distinct impression of playing a bit part in
a John Wayne war movie.
After landing on the beach, the first
words of the chief frogman were, “Are
you all right, sir? What are you doing
here?” His tone seemed to indicate that
I was a complete fool. I showed them
my buoys and tried to explain how the
breakwater had made their retrieval
possible, but the polite responses I received seemed damning.
The raft was huge and connected by
a line to the waiting 40-footer offshore.
The frogmen stowed by oars and life
jackets but refused my request to bring
the buoys along even though there was
plenty of room in the raft. I felt I was
being unfairly punished but was in no
position to argue. I secured the balls
above the highwater marks so that I
could return for them.
We climbed aboard the raft and prolong the life of the story of the bozo pleas for caution from Cari led me to
the 40-footer maneuvered to take up who got stuck on the beach. “Mum’s wait for calmer seas. I guarded those
the slack in the line. The head frog- the word” was my motto for years.
buoys for the next three days until lack
man signaled, and the raft was yanked
Although they were totally useless of ice forced me to Steamboat Bay to
through the surf to calmer seas. Not a for my fishing operation (and too big to regroup.
drop of water entered the raft. Arriv- stow), as a matter of pride the imporWhen I charged back out the next
ing at the 40-footer I was greeted with tant thing was to get those buoys. Wen- day, I was still determined to get those
the words, “Are you all right, sir? What dell had found the floating dinghy, so buoys. Nothing was more important.
were you doing there?” Again my ex- I had beach transportation again. The Still miles away, I was scanning the
planation was treated like the
beach with the binoculars for
utterance of a full-blown hippie
that reassuring orange flash.
fool. No one seemed to care that “Everything was progressing well But the balls were gone.
my two buoys were still stranded
Someone had stolen them.
enough. I was moments from
on the beach.
A few years ago, I was sitAfter being deposited on the
ting in a bar in Craig, drinktriumph when disaster struck.” ing with some fishermen.
Sabine I radioed my thanks to the
captain of the Confidence who
During a quiet moment one
also wanted to know if I was all
of them, an ex-seiner turned
right and how I had happened to ar- moderate westerlies continued to blow, troller named “Logger” Dick, holrive at such a predicament. I knew oth- but I knew I could take advantage of lered out, “I got your buoys!” None of
ers were listening on the channel, so I the morning low tide and the exposed my fellow drinkers knew what he was
did my best to describe the buoys, the rock to safely retrieve MY balls.
boasting about, so I was forced to tell
I also knew that if I screwed up and the story. Enough time had passed that
breakwater rock and the minor accident
with the oar. The response was again had to be rescued a second time, my I could see that it is actually fairly funny
disheartening, so I gave up. Repeating shame would force me to quit fishing — although I’m still a little pissed-off
my version of the events would only and leave Alaska. Fear of failure and at Dick.
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FEATURES / FROM
AUG. 1985
Halibut
POWER
By RON RAU
T
he news from the halibut
grounds is a little brighter
this time, so I’m wiping the
seagull shit off the kitchen
window sometime tomorrow, not necessarily before noon. The day is a little
brighter for Alaska’s halibut fisherpeople, price-wise anyway. Fish buyers did
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want those fish after all, in spite of the
excess poundage they claimed in cold
storage left over from last year’s catch.
Here in S.E., we saw a little price
war; at the start of the second two-day
derby PFI in Petersburg announced
the going price as 60 cents a pound
for fish under 60 pounds and 70 cents
for the big ones. This is the second
consecutive year PFI has announced
the price before the season instead of
keeping fishermen in the dark until
one minute after the opening, as most
fish buyers like to do. Whatever their
reasoning for doing this, they should
be commended; it’s a lot nicer to go
fishing on a set price instead of those
gloomy rumors. With two-day derbys, there is already enough anxiety in
the fishery.
The price war started during the
opening with a few independent buyers out on the grounds, and when it
closed, most buyers in S.E. were paying 77 cents straight across, no grading.
The big news in Kake was that
Cookie had raised a 314-pounder
from a skiff and had to drag it onto the
beach. We heard about this on the CB
during the fishing and then we heard
about it again when we got into town.
We never did get to meet Cookie. I
would have liked to hear about The
Big One firsthand. I wonder what
kind of halibut war went on getting
that slab beached. Was the tide coming in or going out? That would make
a difference, where and how you left
the fish. Do they number two a fish
for mink bites?
Halibut pose all kinds of problems
for anyone having anything remotely
to do with them. You are never safe or
rid of them until you pass them on to
the next person laboring above you in
the halibut food chain. No one is safe
until they are in the consumer’s hands,
or better yet on his plate, or still into
the ecosystem through a sewage treatment plant. Then halibut power starts
all over again, who knows in what
form?
Halibut are dangerous and tricky to
handle right on down the line from
fisherman to retailer. If I were standing in a Midwest supermarket and saw
a package of frozen fish fall out of a
box and hit the grocer square on the
foot, smashing a toenail, my guess is
that package of fish would be halibut.
That’s just the way they are.
They have a way of getting you,
even if it is only a little slime in your
eye with a flick of their dead tail. The
general rule for handling halibut is this:
they are always just a little too large for
“It’s a lot nicer to
go fishing on a set
price instead of those
gloomy rumors.”
what you have in mind for them. The
cold storage worker who ends up placing them on freezing trays, like pieces
of a giant slippery puzzle, probably
knows this the best.
Of all fish Alaskan fishermen handle,
halibut are without a doubt the trickiest and most creative fighters. Six or
eight of them might climb on the
gear on as many consecutive hooks
and have jolly fun at the boat thrashing around as you untangle the spaghetti ball they have woven into your
longline. Once aboard, they look for
something to break, smash, tip over (a
tub of hooks comes readily to mind),
uncouple (hydraulic hose fittings are
preferred). If there is nothing readily
available for them to disrupt, they just
pile up and get in the way. If they see
you have your shit together and are
subduing them with (relative) ease,
then they try another tactic. They surrender and overwhelm you with their
numbers, appealing to your particular
level of greed, letting you sink yourself.
They like to be put in piles, big piles
on the deck so they can slide around
and create a little havoc. The boat
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AUG. 1985
so let’s all slide over and watch, heh seem to do the job. Shoot them just trailing the boat, but never did go
heh heh. (Notice how they never slide behind the eyes when their head is into that full-bore thrashing scene. I
to where you want them, to the high about an inch or so under the wa- was fishing alone and after two atside as a counter-balance).
ter and it shocks them enough to tempts, managed to get it aboard by
Halibut have probably sunk more get them into the boat. Then club it sinking two hay hooks into its head,
boats in Alaska than any other spe- before it starts flopping. One halibut standing with both feet on the cap
cies of fish. I wonder if crab pots were flopping on deck gets the others go- rails, and just sort of falling over backfish, could you make that statement? ing, ever notice that? It’s one of their wards with him. (Which pretty much
I’ll tell you one thing for sure, if hali- more coordinated tactics.
describes your basic image of a man
but stacked like crab pots, they would
You really have to admire that tail. It landing a big fish.) I ended up on the
surely overwhelm us with numbers was designed for flipping things over- bottom and got out of there when
and sink the entire fleet.
board and at you, like spinning gaff it started that gasping routine. But it
Slime and gravity. These are the hal- hooks. How many hay hooks have I never flopped.
ibut’s most reliable weapons, ironically seen halibut deliberately and casually
It would pump itself up for the big el
even more effective after death. More flip overboard? We had a halibut this smasho, and then just lay there quiverdead halibut have sunk boats than live last opening swim across a bunch of ing, the white skin rippling as dying
ones; think about that.
other halibut on deck, like a humpy muscles pumped underneath, a bomb
Just a few years ago, a Petersburg crossing a gravel bar, crash nose-first trying to explode.
fisherman was killed by a thrashing into our deckbucket of perishables,
I kept a close eye on it the next couhalibut.
spilling it, and then commencing that ple hours and every time it went into
While a live halibut indeed
the gasping routine, I cleared
uses its slimy gravitational adout of the cockpit, which was
vantage, how about that tail?
the landing area. But it
“One halibut flopping on deck also
How many times have you
never did flop. Without incihad a big halibut wrap its tail
dent, I dressed it out and only
gets the others going, ever
around the side of your boat
broke a throttle lever getting it
after you have pulled him alinto the fishhold — it had all
notice that? It’s one of their
most out of the water and are
of one side to itself. It looked
straining hemorrhoids to get
pretty good, a big fish like
more coordinated tactics.”
him in all the way? Or how
that, safely stowed in the huge
about just the opposite trick
ice bed I had to manufacture
they have… turning their tails
for it. I put the hold covers on
upwards and balancing themselves on flip-flop business on top of our last and went inside to steer the boat over
the cap rails, they rock back and forth, dozen chicken eggs. He got three more halibut.
stiffening their bodies like curled up, before Chavez rescued them, chasA good half hour later I’m sitting
snot-covered visqueen bags of hard- ing them individually across the slimy inside on my trolling seat when out
ened cement. (Think about that one.) deck. Ever notice when fisherwomen the window I see one pole shaking.
Something slippery and heavy any- hit halibut with a club, they only piss A big fish, but the fighting spring on
way. Teeter-tottering back and forth them off?
that pole is not working, which means
with you, teasing you almost, pulling
Another thing halibut have going only one thing: a really big fish on the
you overboard nearly — it is as though for them is that they don’t know when other pole shaking both poles. I look
they have a finely tuned sense of bal- they should be dead. Shoot them, gaff out the other window and that pole is
ance and know exactly how to toy them, club them, club them, club shaking too, but that spring isn’t workwith you.
them some more, club that one again ing either. I quickly look back at the
How about that deep breathing rou- — isn’t that the same one? A few years other pole, which is still shaking with
tine they do just before they explode? back I landed a saleable halibut fresh nothing on the spring. Both poles are
They always give you warning. They off troll gear on the Bluegill, a 28- shaking but there is no fish on either
take three of four large gulps of air and foot double-ender I used to know. I line. The fathometer is shaking. The
then it’s clear the cockpit! Clubbing a shot the fish three or four times in the stove pipe is rattling, the whole boat is
flopping halibut is like eating popcorn water, just sort of emptied whatever shaking. Halibut power! I lift the hold
flying out of the popper. You can do it was in the cylinder, and this quieted it cover and watch the eviscerated halibut
if you get enough to practice on. Just down like an uncurled snot-covered dislocate my bin boards and redistribas soon as you get good at it, the two- bag of hardened cement. (The fish ute some ice. Exactly what constitutes
day opening ends.
was fairly sedentary, you understand). a dead halibut?
A lot of people shoot big halibut Anyway, I dragged him behind the
Icing real dead halibut is one of
in the water as they come up to the boat for a time on a sharkhook wait- the easiest steps in the halibut experiboat. That’s sensible, oftentimes ef- ing for the flip-flop act before bring- ence, if you do it correctly. The main
fective, and even a little exciting. ing him about the Bluegill. It would thing is never try to position gravity
I use .38 specials in a .357 and they take those four or five gasps of air, and slime where you think it should
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go. Gravity and slime positions itself.
Just slide it in on top of the others and
wherever it stops, that’s where it gets
iced. This is the only time slime and
gravity can work for you.
S & G certainly work against you
getting them out of the fishhold. By
now everyone on board is sick of handling halibut and beaten down by the
effort. Nobody wants anymore funny
business. The slime has turned black
and greasy and they always look bigger in the hold under the floodlights
at 3 a.m. It’s a dark night of the soul
and you know you can count on getting slapped in the face by a few slimy
dead tails. You know that is ahead
of you. Not to mention the danger
of getting a bunch dropped on you,
however it is you figure to get them
out of the hold.
One fisherman who has a great respect for the tricks and tactics of halibut is Dave Dart of Petersburg, on
the Admiral Land, a processor with a
30,000-pound walk-in blast freezer.
Dave is fisherman, fish buyer, processor, transporter and a wholesaler of
halibut. He knows their entire gamut of tricks, almost anyway. Dave’s
company name is Seafood Divers of
Alaska.
Dave transports them from Alaska
to Montana, which is his home state,
which is where he and his father have
developed an inland market. Butte,
Montana, according to Dave, is the
halibut-eatinest town in American.
Halibutte? You can get fresh frozen halibut at the Racetrack Bar &
Grille or a good fishwich at the Butte
Dairy Queen. But even this far inland,
you’re still not safe if you deal with
halibut. Dave’s father got mugged by a
100-pound whole, frozen halibut going
down the wooden stairs into the M &
M Bar & Grille. Thrown into the wall
and down the stairs, dislocating a hip
in the process.
Dead frozen halibut power in Butte,
Montana.
“I’ve tried handling halibut a lot
of different ways,” Dave says, with
the hint of a smile, thinking of all the
tricks they have played on him, “and
my present philosophy is that it is best
for everybody if you break them down
and immobilize them just as soon as
possible.
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“When we started this operation, I wasn’t sure what the
wholesale market in Montana would prefer, so I started
with what I thought would convey the idea of freshness
and quality best — whole frozen halibut. Don’t think we
didn’t have some Three Stooges skits with those.”
In those first two years, Dave froze and experimented
with his own fish, anchoring the Admiral Land nearby
and fishing out of his aluminum power skiff, running five
or six skates. Dave usually had three crewmen for this
operation. The whole frozen halibut would be glazed
and hanging in the freezer within a couple hours of be-
ing pulled out of the ocean. You can’t get much fresher
than that.
“I was after the best possible quality so I could get the
best possible price,” Dave says. “But there was more to
it than that. I grew up in Montana and it was impossible
to get quality seafood. When I came up to Alaska and ate
some of this stuff fresh, I wondered what the folks back
home would think of this. Whenever I went home to
visit, I always took fish and shrimp and crab with me, and
people actually encouraged me to start a frozen fish business. The question was, would enough people pay for the
best possible quality to support such a venture? And the
answer seems to be yes.
“But we don’t do whole frozen halibut anymore, unless requested,” Dave says. “You think fresh live halibut
coming out of the ocean are hard to handle, try a whole
frozen halibut with an ice glaze on it. So we decided
to go to halibut roasts and cut them up on a band saw
just like you would a beef. They’d fight you all the way,
jamming the band-saw, breaking bands, sliding off the
table. Finally we ended up with all these chunks of frozen halibut, and had to fit them into shipping boxes. Finally you’d get them into boxes and stapled shut and go
to stack them in a freezer van and the pieces of halibut
would shift inside the box, like they were still alive. A few
boxes have brought me to my knees. But it was a whole
frozen halibut that mugged my dad in Butte,” Dave reminds us.
“Finally we settled on fillets. It seemed to be what
most customers wanted and fillets simply handled better all the way down the line. When the fillets got to
Montana, the glaze was still intact. When we were shipping whole halibut and roasts, we’d have to have them
reglazed in Seattle. It was like they were still flopping on
you,” he smiles. “And that’s what’s behind my present
philosophy of reducing them to shipping boxes as soon
as you can.”
When I sell my fish to Dave, we have to weigh them
one at a time, hanging by tail slings from his fish scales.
The big ones pose the heaviest problems, the ol’ S & G
factor hard at work. Someone or two someones have to
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to get the tail in the face. (This can
be engineered, by the way.) Someone
else has to attach the gangion snap to
the gangion loop on the scale. It takes
three men to weigh a 100-pound halibut and at least four more to watch.
Only then do you notice the head
of the monster resting on the deck so
it is not a true weight. The scale has to
go higher which means the fish will
have to go higher too. It is still funny
even dead-tired at 3 a.m. when you
watch two grown men wrestling a big
slimy one between them and see the
big fish go completely out of control,
squirting out of their stumbling grasp,
hitting the deck with a loud FWAP!
and slithering headfirst crashing into
and tipping over your only and last
can of beer.
We have devised a method where
we hang the scale from Dave’s boom
and position the boom between our
boats. Since my gunwale is about 3
feet lower, we can sort of slide them
up to the scale. Then we push the
boats apart and let the fish hang head
down, just above the water.
The biggest one this year just kept
going when we pushed the boats apart.
The stainless steel gangion snap opened
up and there was a loud sproiiiing from
“You think fresh live
halibut coming out of
the ocean are hard to
handle, try a whole
frozen halibut with an
ice glaze on it.”
the fish scale, and also a kerplunk! as a
40-pound trolling lead used as a counterweight fell into the drink. Somehow I ended up with a choke-hold on
the fish’s tail, help came, and we got
it aboard. I wasn’t quite quick enough
for the cannon ball.
The fish scale was broken and the
cannonball was gone. Halibut make
things happen.
Dave repaired the scale with MarineTex and Mike Bangs, one of Dave’s
abalone divers, went after the cannonball. We dropped a line down where it
should be. There was a minute worth
of bubbles and then Mike came up
and asked for a probe. I gave him a
broom handle. He had found the tunnel the cannonball made through the
loon-shit, but he hadn’t been able to
reach far enough in to actually touch
it. He got it finally. He had to sit in the
muck and work himself down enough
to get ahold of the cannonball with his
hands. Then he had to work himself
even deeper into the muck in order to
lift the cannonball. The way it sounded, they were both sort of suspended
in black muck.
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you sometimes.
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FEATURES / FROM
MAY 1991
Reviving a ghost in
PORT TOWNSEND
Marty McCallum photos
The Indiana
By MARTY MCCALLUM
T
here still may be life in the
ol’ wood rig. Rebuilding an
older wood boat is a real option. If you’re in the market
for a new 58-foot “limit” boat, you’ve
heard some big numbers — 600K may
only be the beginning. Without a doubt
a wooden vessel can be completely rebuilt. But the process can be a new experience. I bought the ‘Indiana,’ a classic
wood seiner built in 1917. It was afloat,
but barely. Several attempts to tighten
the hull up and stop the flow of water
failed. It was time to get serious and fix
the old girl up.
At first I thought it was going to be
like any other fish boat project — figure
out what to do and go for it. I had very
little experience with wood rigs except
that I had started out with a 32-foot
“Canadian buy-back” double-ender,
and I managed to make that one work
for a Southeastern gillnet season. After
I sold the double-ender I bought a 32foot Bryant rig from Bristol Bay. It was
a bigger rig, being a lot beamier, but it
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needed a back deck and a new pilothouse, as it was set up as a cannery boat
with just some planks to cover the fish
hold and a half-cabin to keep out of the
wind. I’d found some “shipwright-type”
fellows at the Lime and got a covered
work space, and in about two months
we had a full cabin and a nice back deck
with a great cockpit fully rigged and
ready to start another gillnet season.
Since then I had built, or contracted
to build, a fiberglass bowpicker, a bigger
one with more engines. I went back to
stern picking with a new 38-foot aluminum rig. By then building and trading boats had become a big part of my
winter activity.
Mostly, it kept me clear of a number of “honey-do” projects that seem
to crop up if I’m trying to get into the
relax mode around the house. I could
tell that the Indiana project was going to
keep me busy.
Living in Port Townsend gave me a
big head start. As I was used to managing
my own projects, I didn’t see the need
to check into one of the several fine
shipyards that specialize in wooden-boat
work. This is a small town, so I knew
most of the fellows that ran and operated the yards. I had seen them open
up many seiners and have them back
together fishing in no time. There are
a number of independent shipwrights
that work out of their trucks, too. The
Port of Port Townsend encourages boat
owners to do their own work here.
So I set out to organize a couple of
independents. As things stood, I figured
I needed a new back deck and some
hull work. Dave Thompson was available. He had helped me out years ago
on my Bryant job and in the meantime
had made a reputation as a corker and an
able shipwright. He was working on another job and wouldn’t be available for
a week or two, but he introduced me to
Peter Balk. So mid-February the old girl
came out of the water.
The next morning Peter showed up
with his chainsaw. The job went pretty
well at first — I got a boom truck alongside, and we lifted all the deck equipment off the boat after I had cut all the
through bolts. Everything came off with
little or no trouble. One reason was there
wasn’t much wood left holding anything
together — most of the wood just fell
apart in a crumble of 70-year-old rot.
It was time to hire a marine surveyor
to see if I had anything to build on, or
to let Peter go ahead with his chainsaw
and make a bunch of small pieces. I
hired Capt. Harold Hycke, and he spent
the day going from stem to stern. The
news wasn’t all bad. The forward part
of the boat had been altered in the ’60s
to make it an Alaska “limit” boat. There
was a solid bowstem, and the keel wasn’t
too bad, either. The engine, an 8V-71,
had been installed in 1973, and according to the hour meter had only 5,000
hours. The gear was a 514 Twin Disc.
These all seemed fine. The cabin had
been added to the boat in the ’60s also,
and it was still solid. The problem area
was from the break of the deck to the
transom.
At this point I seriously considered the
want ads again. I soon found out there
were very few 58-foot seiners for sale in
the 100-150K range, that weren’t in approximately the same shape as the Indiana. To change boats at this stage would
require something in the 25-30K range
that needed the same or similar work.
I sharpened up my pencils and started putting the numbers together. New
wood was reasonable, except that the
spotted owl issue was heating up, and
the guys that specialized in boat lumber
were just sitting on their logs and not
cutting any planking material. Structural
lumber was available in big cants that
Dave and Peter wanted for cutting deck
beams and the other parts I was just beginning to learn the names of. After several days of phone and leg work, I had a
pretty clear idea of the material.
There were few lumber yards that carried dimensions suitable for boat building. Now I was starting to understand
why the local boatyards had such a variety of large saws and planers. Not to
be daunted, Dave assured me if we were
able to get big enough “sticks,” we could
get everything resawn at one of the local
mills. Planking stock was the problem.
There was a little here and there, but
there wasn’t one place that had enough.
Mike Brady was mentioned as a fellow
that specialized in old growth boat lumber, and yes, he had a log that would
have a lot of clear planking in it, but the
deal was that I had to agree to buy at
least 5,000 board feet before he would
cut the log up. The price was $2.20 a
board foot.
The other wood item was white oak
for framing stock. Olson’s Lumber in
Seattle had a fresh supply from Indiana in lengths to 18 feet. The materials list shaped up something like this:
about 5,000 bf structural at $.90 equals
$4,500; planking $11,000; 1,500 bf oak
at $3 a foot equals $4,500; aluminum for
bulwarks, about $4,500; steel for tanks,
about $1,000. In addition we needed fasteners, screws and bolts and other things
to hold everything together. The total
came to $24,500 — well, let’s just say
25K for round numbers (I’ve learned to
round up in dealing with boat projects).
How much more could there be? This
was starting to look like it would work
out.
Labor was the big unknown. How
long was it going to take these guys to
do the job? We could hire more shipwrights! I decided to go for it. We got
Randy Purdue to sign on the job, and
with him came a large handsaw and a
planer. Our metal man was Bill Cambell,
who worked out of the back of a canvas-
covered pickup; he
also had a small
shop where he did
assembly
work.
We needed a general hand capable
of doing anything;
that turned out to
be “Bagwan” Bob,
Bob Gray.
With a crew asThis was like working a giant puzzle, and every piece
sembled we went
had to interlock with its neighbor. By now I realized this
to work. The back was turning into a real learning experience.
deck came completely off, along with most of the stern, keel. It looked like we needed to upas we couldn’t find any solid wood date the stuffing box for the rudder post,
there. I had to find some big blocks to as the old arrangement was a stand pipe
make new stern lifts out of. Then the coming up through the aft deck. At this
horn timber didn’t look so hot, and since point we still hadn’t put any new wood
we had her opened up this far, we fig- back in the boat.
ured we might as well do the stern post.
We had everything pretty well
The rudder was an old style, not gen- mucked out, though, and a couple of
erally suited for use with an autopilot, days with a jackhammer got most of the
so Bill started on a new rudder, rudder old concrete out of the hull. It was appost and new steel work coming off the parent these shipwrights had little regard
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ple more shipwrights, Bob Bromely from Port Angeles and
for old wood; chain saws and axes did swift work of anything
Andy Withman. One reason Andy was available was that
that was in the way. I was beginning to understand what was
the other boatyards were finishing up their jobs and sending
going on myself, and even get a feel for all the new shipwright
them off to various Alaska fishing grounds.
jargon. But we had a long way to go, and the going was slow.
Personally, I had given up the idea that I was going to
The job progressed as follows: First the shape of the boat
make the Southeast seine season, even though I had found
had to be preserved, so before the old deck beams came
a permit earlier in the spring. I was now looking at Puget
off we ran steel rods through the guards. We had already
Sound sockeyes as a target and was still getting odd looks
sawed off the bulwarks; next we replaced the “shelf” and the
when I told anybody we’d be ready to fish. Still, the pace
“clamp.” These items supported the deck beams; they rim the
picked up. More planks were coming off the boat at this
top of the hull and keep the top of the oak frames from flytime, and the pile of planking I had puring out in space. Then “bilge stringers” came
chased was looking like it wouldn’t be too
out and new ones took their places. Most of
“News of record
much. New planks were going on at this
the old planking stayed on at this point, but
a few planks on either side at the turn of the catches in Southeast point, too. Withman was installing new
ceiling, and Bob B. was installing new
bilge were removed, and most of the ceiling
didn’t help my
deck beams. The second stern lifts were
was removed. We were ready to start driving
taking shape, and planking stock was bein the new frames.
ing milled for decking.
This was a long process, since we could
humor.”
only get so many frames into our steam boxAt this point I started thinking about
es. The frames went in alternately, and in staggered passes.
fishing equipment. If I was going to be competitive, I needed
Finally, new wood was going into the boat, but progress was
a new power block; the old deck winch wasn’t going to do,
still slow. At this point a good day was three pieces of wood
either. The hydraulic system was a mess, so I made plans to
on the boat. The stern came the rest of the way apart, and the
straighten that out, too. The boat had hydraulic steering, but
first layer of “lifts” was carved out. Randy was our big block
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Once the lower lifts were done, he went to work on the
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stern post and horn timber. At this point we took on a couengine. New tank beds needed to be built. Also, because of
the planned increase in the hydraulic system, I needed a bigger
hydraulic tank, with a heat exchanger type cooler installed.
Bill was turning out the metal work almost as fast as I could
think it up. He had a lot of the bulwarks prefabbed. Finally
everything was ready for the tanks, and everything was getting
bigger; we needed a boom truck to place the tanks into the
hull. Come-alongs and Norway steam did the rest of the job.
There were little details that needed to be taken care of,
too. The planking crew had already used up 3,000 galvanized
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“Floors” had to be made, and the frame
ends had to be tied into the keel, all lined
up with the new floor pieces, and then
new keel bolts had to bolt everything
together. This was like working a giant
puzzle, and every piece had to interlock
with its neighbor. By now I realized this
was turning into a real learning experience. Hope of Puget Sound sockeyes
was diminishing. News of record catches
in Southeast didn’t help my humor.
Mark Stout joined the planking crew,
and Claus Deitich started corking and
doing detail work as needed. The Indiana was no longer an “old girl;” there
were no longer any old planks left on
her except for a couple in the bow that
had been put in during the ’60s when the
bow was shortened. Little by little we
had removed 90 percent of all the wood
in the hull and replaced it with new.
Each layer went into the boat with
coats of raw linseed oil, Danish pine tar
and liberal coatings of red lead on the
end grain. “Bear Shit” and red lead was
the preferred bedding compound. Plugs,
thousands of plugs, needed to be cut to
cover up the screw holes. They needed
to be set with red lead, and the grain
was to be matched up so they’d blend
properly. This was a job for the owner.
Hopes of Puget Sound sockeye were
gone, and Southeast had turned into a
record year. Maybe fall season.
The pace quickened at the end. Everything had been thought out over and
over. It was straightforward from here:
Finish the stern, plank the deck, install
the bulkheads, put a couple of manhole
covers in, reinstall the shaft, strut and
stuffing box, finish corking, paint, and
when the deck was done, install the new
aluminum bulwarks. So several weeks
later, with a 1937 “standing liberty” silver dollar and a Roosevelt dime in the
mast footing, we stepped the mast.
At this juncture I was thinking marine
surveyor again. I called Capt. Hycke
again, as I figured it would be a fair before-and-after picture. I could tell Capt.
Hycke was surprised at first, and though
he never actually came out and said it, I
got the impression that maybe I should
have had my head examined at the
same time. The survey was favorable.
He agreed that we had essentially built
a new boat out of the ghost of the old.
Another week or so and we were
ready for splashdown. It looked like we
were going to catch some Puget Sound
humpies! Small triumphs lead to the
last major hurdle. There was a serious
alignment problem. Mark Burns at Port
Townsend Boat Works was the local authority on wood boat alignment. Their
boatyard had revived wooden boat repair in Port Townsend, and I knew they
had the experience to handle it. Three
days and another learning experience
later, and the boat was running smooth.
The results: a virtually new boat, dry
bilges, I could turn on the proverbial
dime, and she floated well above her
original waterline marks. I was glad to
finally start my seining career. I was
ready to go kill something!
The bottom line: the job took six
months and came in at slightly over
$100,000. Not particularly a bargain,
but adding the original cost of the boat
at $40,000 made it nearly market value.
Only this one, I knew, had a new wood
hull.
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FEATURES / FROM
OCT. 1985
OLD, and in
THE SPRAY
By M. VESTA MURPHY
D
“
ump it! Now!” Our
master’s voice screeched
at high pitch through
a loudhailer. It was the
third call, with apoplectic overtones.
Captain Dubois would be charging out
of the wheelhouse next, his cap at hairends.The four men on deck winced, eardrums pierced, but only one moved: me,
the oldest and greenest.
And clumsiest. Freezing fingers fumbled to secure the door of a crab pot.
Two simple loops and a hook, and
I handled it with the agility of a halfdry bairdi. The rest of the crew had
dispatched their parts of the operation
deftly, and I sensed eyeballs rolling over
the delay. I felt like a hunk of hanging
bait. Whatever possessed me to try crabbing at the age of 38 had turned from
romance to St. Vitus’ dance on opening
day. I must be crazy, this was nuts —
come on, thumbs, please! ...
Finally! I cleared myself like a cow28
boy does at calf roping, and Rod (the
God) hit the launcher control. As the
six-by slid over the rail, I backed up
carefully, stepping high to clear the
bights of buoy lines. Ploosh! Right into
the open tank hatch with my left leg, a
smarting crack on the knee and water
in the boot. My mate, Landy, sprang
to help, though he could do little but
commiserate. He got me into this mess,
anyway; never mind that I asked for it.
“So how do you like crabbing so
far?” he grinned, pricking me to burst
the bubble of anger and frustration that
steamed like a halo around my head.
“Schoolteaching never looked so
good,” I swore, naming my previous
occupation.
I wish I could say that it was my sabbatical year, a time to try something different, to answer the siren call of the sea,
to experience the nobility of manual labor. But like my friends, who know the
real story, truth is unforgiving. I lost my
teaching job through willful nonconformity. That, plus six dependents and a
bundle of unpaid bills, prodded me onto
this rock-and-rolling Kodiak boat, F/V
Gloria Lou, for the 1984 tanner season.
Water trickled down my neck
through a hole in a borrowed slicker;
cracking cuticles throbbed as I clung to
a stanchion for support. Eighty feet of
steel slab heaved in a 10-foot swell —
swoop down, soar back. The world was
a grey and white swirl, a constant wash
of salt spray and fresh rain. Does significant change only come through pain,
I wondered? We had been working
for 20 hours, and I was walleyed with
seasickness and fatigue. From squishing
soles to running nose, this pedant hurt.
“Take her outta gear! Secure the
block!” The command from Capt. Dooby sparked all of us, meaning a break between strings, a rest from our labors.
The slowest guy on deck was first in
the cabin and out of rain gear. I puttered about the stateroom, changing
clothes, nearly restored to normalcy by
a pair of dry socks. A cup of hot soup
might hit the spot, if I could keep it
a compost pile, could not be ignored,
and I half-expected to find lower life
forms in the mulch when I woke.
It took a while to gain sea legs and learn
the ropes well enough to cope, but eventually I could carry the weight without
keeling over. My diet changed radically.
Ten years of vegetarianism went the way
of the wolf pack at the first sit-down
meal. My attitude was changing, as well.
I found satisfaction in kicking tanner
doors shut much harder than necessary,
savagely slicing dead baitfish, roundly
abusing anything that went wrong with
colorful and poisonous curses. Though
I had lost five pounds, this was not the
way to enlightenment, surely?
How contrary human nature! Between bouts of revulsion, I began to
“Four bunks were
layered in there so
economically that we
repined like slices of a
Dagwood sandwich.”
take a dreadful interest in this endeavor.
I had to admit it was the most exciting employment I’d ever found. In
heavy weather the action on the back
deck resembled a pinball game with
mortal consequences. To dodge pots,
killer waves (we all got knocked flat by
overflows), and still run the gear well
required the stamina of something hybrid, an aquatic gorilla, say…
By day 10 we were some tired apes.
Though the hold filled up steadily, the
harvest was long grind, not highline,
and a nasty batch of gales had taken a
toll on men and machinery. Weary to
the root, I counted my blessings. I’d
made the grade on deck, learned new
skills, earned money, and all my digits
were intact. A running-on-empty feeling signaled the stretch to an edge of
my personal limits, where it felt good to
have survived, pure and simple.
Twists of fate are sometimes revealed
at the crack in the world, when night
and day trade places. Such a moment
fell to me during an early morning
watch, as we lay on the pick in Kukak Bay. Everyone else was asleep,
lulled by the hum of the generator, the
whines of radar. It was cozy dark in the
wheelhouse, womb-like. I felt lonely.
Thoughts of home, both horrible and
sublime, consumed me.
A full moon set behind the sawtoothed snowcapped Alaska Range; a
silver light radiated across the faces of
the deep. Wind sang in the rigging, the
boat swung to a Pacific lullaby, dawn
broke over the island. The sea-change
worked its magic.
Unattachment to land and loved
ones forces the mariner to alternated
perspectives, ultimate conclusions.
Awareness came to me, sun chasing
shadows. Seafaring offers a perilous gift:
the chance to confront, on a vast scale,
that essential loneliness all mortals share.
The more we can take, willingly, with
courage and graces, the deeper our understanding of the human condition.
From such lofty thoughts, it was a
quick slide to considering if I would
ship out again next season, given a full
crewshare. A crossroad lay in my path.
I slid further. Why go back to tedium,
and terra firma, when the rover’s life,
the sea-wife, beckoned? On the wings
of naïve and egocentric dreams, I sailed
away, headed straight for trouble.
Like a yo-yo, I spun back and forth.
The next day we ran all the gear in 21
hours, hustling hard, plagued by mechanical breakdowns. Landy accidentally brained me with the picking hook,
and I felt sorry for myself. There was no
nurse to kiss my goose egg.
At the end of two weeks, Captain
Considerate turned the bow toward
town, a 10-hour run to dockside. We
cleaned up the boat, took showers, and
I thrilled to the anticipation of the sailor home from the sea. As we plowed
down Shelikof Strait a herd of 50 to
60 killer whales crossed our course, an
awesome sight.
I felt a different man at debarkation.
For one thing I couldn’t walk erect.
Alarmed at weaving side to side up
Harbor Way, I fell into the Anchor Bar,
and clung to the nearest stool. Several
shots of medicine restored my balance,
but a vague uneasiness persisted. I called
my nurse on the telephone.
“Honey, I’m home…
down.
After performing my toilet, I swayed
back to the galley. That’s funny, I
thought. No one else took their wetsuits
off. The Dumpster even left his gloves
on, and lay prone under the dining table. Rod and Landy stood at the sink,
vigorously stuffing cold tortillas and
cheese into their faces, chasing it with
a Coke. Fascinating. Teeth flashed like
hydraulic bait chopper blades. I’d never
seen anyone eat so fast, and assumed it
was friendly competition, like a pie-eating contest. I dug a can of broth out of
the larder, and wasn’t done opening it
when our master’s voice boomed again.
“Let’s go, girls! Here come the
buoys!”
In a twinkling I was left alone, canopener stalled in spin, a match for my
heartbeat. The skipper chose that moment to peek below.
“What are you doing, Murphy? Get
back to work!”
“Uh?” Numb response. The brain
goes first…
“Read my lips!” he barked, and repeated his orders. “Move it!”
Twelve hours and 60 pots later I
hardly recognized myself. Covered with
herring gurry, facially scarred by crustacean pincers, eyes pink and glazed,
this once mild-mannered scholastic was
pure hell in rubber boots. My mood
swings rivaled those South Sea Islanders
that dive from treetops with vines about
their ankles, snapping back just short of
annihilation. The vaults of my memory
bank had been blown by a psychic escape mechanism, and I was daydreaming ferociously: Havana, Juarez, at
home with Kirsten, anywhere but here.
Then, just as falling overboard began
to seem like a good idea, my prayers for
deliverance were answered. Mr. Wind
blew dirty business out of the Arctic,
driving even the dinosaur boats to shelter. We divvied up the anchor watch,
and composed ourselves for sleep.
I have mentioned the stateroom already, but it deserves a commemoration. It was a cubicle, and eight by.
Four bunks were layered in there so economically that we repined like slices of
baloney in a Dagwood sandwich. There
were two drawers and no hooks, so
dirty clothes and footwear carpeted the
floor. A pungent odor of decay, akin to
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DIRECTORY OF FISHING ORGANIZATIONS
ALASKA BERING SEA CRABBERS
5470 Shilshole Ave. N.W. Suite 505
Seattle, WA 98107
(206) 783-0188
www.alaskaberingseacrabbers.org
[email protected]
Mark Gleason, 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
Box 20092, Juneau, AK 99801
(907) 463-5566
[email protected]
www.juneau.org/engineering/memorial
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 reflection; and to serve as a location for the
annual Blessing of the Commercial Fishing Fleet
on the first Saturday morning in May.
ALASKA CRAB COALITION
3901 Leary Way N.W. #6
Seattle, WA 98107
(206) 547-7560 • Fax: (206) 547-0130
[email protected]
Lance Farr, President
Arni Thomson, Executive Director
Year Founded: 1986
The ACC is a registered non-profit trade
association in Washington, Alaska and Oregon.
Primary goals are promotion of conservation,
rebuilding and long-term sustained yields of
king and tanner and snow crab resources of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.
ALASKA FISHERIES
DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
P.O. Box 111125
Anchorage, Alaska 99511-1125
(907) 276-7315 • (888) 636-7315
[email protected]
www.afdf.org
Julie Decker, Executive Director
Year Founded: 1980
AFDF works on behalf of the fishing industry in Alaska. We have a long track record of
working with federal and state fisheries management agencies, the fishing industry, and the
scientific community to find ways to improve
economic value and conservation.
ALASKA INDEPENDENT
FISHERMEN’S MARKETING ASSN.
P.O. Box 60131, Seattle, WA 98160
Phone/Fax: (206) 542-3930
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[email protected]
www.aifma.org
David Harsila, President
Year Founded: 1966
Number of Members: 300
Annual Dues: $300
AIFMA’s mission is to protect the renewable salmon resource and promote economic
sustainability for commercial salmon permit
holders in Bristol Bay. AIFMA has worked for
over 40 years in political and regulatory arenas.
The association strives to improve salmon quality and encourages expansion of fresh/frozen
sockeye salmon markets in the United States.
AIFMA is working with other bay groups
to establish a buyback program. AIFMA also
offers an excellent marine insurance program.
ALASKA INDEPENDENT
TENDERMAN’S ASSN.
P.O. Box 431, Petersburg, AK 99833
(907) 518-1724
[email protected]
www.alaskatenders.org
Year Founded: 2003
Number of members: 80
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 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
[email protected]
www.alfafish.org
Dick Curran, President
Linda Behnken, Executive Director
Year Founded: 1978
Annual Dues: $100-$1,000, depending on membership level
ALFA is a non-profit 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
[email protected]
www.akmarine.org
Kelly Harrell, Executive Director
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
[email protected]
www.amsea.org
Jerry Dzugan, Executive Director
Year Founded: 1985
AMSEA is a community-based organization
composed of fishermen, subsistence users, processors and others providing safety training to reduce
deaths and injuries of commercial fishermen and
to meet Coast Guard requirements for commercial fishing vessels.
ALASKA MARKETING ASSN.
4917 Leary Ave. N.W.
Seattle, WA 98107
(206) 784-8948 • Fax: (206) 784-9813
Jake Jacobsen, Manager
The AMA represents the Bering Sea crab
fishing fleet with the purpose of securing fair
and equitable ex-vessel prices.
ALASKA SEAFOOD
COOPERATIVE
4241 21st Ave W., Suite 302
Seattle, WA 98199
(206) 462-7690 • Fax: (206) 462-7691
www.alaskaseafoodcooperative.org
Year Founded: 2008
Jason Anderson, Manager
The Alaska Seafood Cooperative is a harvesting cooperative consisting of 5 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, flathead 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 Street #205
Juneau, AK 99801
(907) 586-9400 • Fax: (907) 586-4473
[email protected]
www.aktrollers.org
Dale Kelley, Executive Director
Steve Merritt, President
Year Founded: 1925
Annual Dues: $300 power troll and
associate; $200 hand troll; $75 crew
ATA has seen the fleet 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
[email protected]
www.alaskawhitefishtrawlers.org
Bob Krueger, President, Acting 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 fleet and support the community’s fishing interests.
AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY,
ALASKA CHAPTER
P.O. Box 672302
Chugiak, AK 99567-2302
[email protected]
www.afs-alaska.org
Phil Loring, President
Jennifer Stahl, President-Elect
Founded: 1870
The AFS, founded in 1870, 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 a 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
[email protected]
www.atsea.org
Stephanie Madsen, Executive Director
Year Founded: 1985
APA represents U.S.-flag at-sea processing vessels that participate in the groundfish
fisheries of the North Pacific. Our principal
fishery is the midwater pollock fishery. 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.
1130 W. 6th Ave., Suite 110
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 279-6519 • (888) 927-2732
Fax: (907) 258-6688
[email protected]
www.bsfaak.org
Karen Gillis, Executive Director
Incorporated: 1980
Communities Represented: 192
Represented Population: 114,000+
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 North
Seattle, WA 98109-2048
(206) 285-1111 • Fax: (206) 284-1110
[email protected]
www.bbda.org
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.
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CONCERNED AREA M FISHERMEN
35717 Walkabout Road
Homer, AK 99603
(907) 235-2631
[email protected]
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 fleet
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
[email protected]
www.ciaanet.org
Brent Johnson, President
Gary Fandrei, Executive Director
Year Founded: 1976
CIAA is a non-profit 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, flow-control
devices and spawning channels.
CORDOVA DISTRICT FISHERMEN
UNITED
P.O. Box 939, Cordova, AK 99574
(907) 424-3447 • Fax: (907) 424-3430
[email protected]
www.cdfu.org
Jerry McCune, President
Alexis Cooper, Executive Director
Year Founded: 1935
CDFU represents all the gear types in Area
E: seine, gillnet, groundfish, set net and pound.
CDFU’s mission is to preserve 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 • Fax: (206) 783-5811
[email protected] • www.dsfu.org
Jan Standaert, President
Sara Chapman, Operations Manager
Year Founded: 1912
DSFU, the oldest union of crew members
and skippers in the North Pacific, represents
the longline schooner fleet 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 long-term 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.
Room 232, West Wall Bldg.
4005 20th Ave. W.
(206) 284-4720 • Fax: (206) 283-3341
www.fvoa.org
Per Odegaard, President
Robert D. Alverson, Manager
Year Founded: 1914
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 202
Seattle, WA, 98199
(206) 284-2522 • (206) 284-2902
www.freezerlonglinecoalition.com
Chad See, Executive Director
Year Founded: 2008
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
[email protected]
www.groundfishforum.org
Year Founded: 1996
Number of Members: Five
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 fleet
to Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
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(360) 592-3116
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
[email protected]
http://halibutcoalition.org
Tom Gemmell, Executive Director
Year Founded: 1999
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 99669-8276
(907) 262-2492 • Fax: (907) 262-2898
[email protected]
www.kpfaalaska.org
Rob Williams, 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 are operating 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
Box 467, Kodiak, AK 99615
(907) 486-8085 • Fax (907) 486-8090
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Colleen Newman, 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 fleet. 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 • Fax: (907) 486-4105
www.kraa.org
Tina Fairbanks, Executive Director
Year Founded: 1983
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) salmon habitat
monitoring, improvement and protection.
KODIAK SEINE BOAT OWNERS
ASSN.
(907) 486-3453 • Fax: (907) 486-8362
Jeff Stephan, Manager
Year Founded: 1989
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and other entities with regard to legislative, regulatory, research, management, political, quality and marketing issues that affect
the economic welfare of Kodiak seiners.
mercial maritime and fishing industries and associated sectors, their historic and cultural foundations and the variety of careers they offer.
KVICHAK SETNETTERS’ ASSN.
1308 Sawmill Creek Rd., Sitka, AK
99835
(907) 747-6850 • Fax: (907) 747-1470
[email protected]
www.nsraa.org
Steve Reifenstuhl, General Manager
Year Founded: 1977
Number of Members: All Southeast Alaska salmon
permit holders
NSRAA operates the Hidden Falls and
Medvejie hatcheries, and the Deer Lake cohorearing project, four spawning channels, 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.
P.O. Box 92105, Anchorage, AK 99509
(907) 277-0187
[email protected]
Year Founded: 1992
Dues: Members, $150; Crew, $25; Auxiliary
Member by donation
MARITIME EVENT CENTER
2211 Alaskan Way, Pier 66, Seattle,
WA 98121
(206) 441-6666 • Fax: (206) 441-6665
[email protected]
www.maritimeeventcenter.com
Ryan Atkins, Director, Friends of Maritime/
Maritime Event Center
Year Founded: 2009
MEC’s mission is to serve the region as a
meeting place for the commercial maritime
(including fishing) industries and related education, government and non-profit organizations,
to help raise the visibility of the maritime within
the Puget Sound community; be a venue for
educating primary and secondary students about
the maritime economic sector; and help increase
public awareness of the importance of the com-
NORTHERN SOUTHEAST
REGIONAL AQUACULTURE ASSN.
NORTH PACIFIC FISHERIES ASSN.
Box 796, Homer, AK 99603
(907) 235-1091
[email protected]
www.npfahomer.com
Malcolm Milne, President
Year Founded: 1955
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NORTH PACIFIC FISHING VESSEL
OWNERS’ ASSN.
Vessel Safety Program
1900 W. Emerson, Suite 101
Fishermen’s Terminal, Seattle, WA
98119
(206) 285-3383 • Fax: (206) 286-9332
[email protected]
www.npfvoa.org
Karen Conrad, Executive Director
Tim Vincent, President
Year Founded: 1985 (non-profit since 1969)
Annual Dues: $75-$600
The NPFVOA non-profit 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.
NORTH PACIFIC GILLNET
ALLIANCE
2408 Nob Hill North, Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 285-1111 • Fax: (206) 284-1110
Dan Barr, Chairman
Year Founded: 1991
The NPGA addresses the common concerns and needs of gillnet fishermen on the
West Coast. The alliance has been a pioneer in
reducing high seas salmon interception in the
North Pacific and led the effort that secured
passage of the High Seas Driftnet Moratorium
Enforcement Act.
NORTHWEST FISHERIES ASSN.
2208 N.W. Market St., Suite 318
Seattle, WA 98107
(206) 789-6197 • Fax: (206) 789-8147
[email protected]
www.northwestfisheries.org
Everette Anderson, President
Val Motley, Manager
Year Founded: 1951
NWFA is an association of primary and
secondary seafood processors, brokers, distributors and support industries. Mission Statement:
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
[email protected]
http://nwifc.org
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
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
www.pcffa.org
Zeke Grader, Executive Director
Dave Bitts, President
Year Founded: 1976
Number of Members: 22 organizations representing
2,500 individuals
PCFFA is a non-profit umbrella organization representing working men and women
in the West Coast commercial fishing fleet.
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
(206) 281-1667 • Fax: (206) 283-2387
[email protected]
www.pspafish.net
Glenn Reed, President
PSPA, a non-profit 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
Washington:
4039 21st Ave. W., Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98199
(206) 285-5139
Oregon:
2505 S.E. 11th Ave., Suite 358
Portland, OR 97202
(971) 544-7787 • Fax (971) 544-7731
www.pacificwhiting.org
Dan Waldeck, Executive Director
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
Phone: (907) 772-9323 • Fax: (907)
772-9323
[email protected]
www.pvoaonline.org
Brian Lynch, Executive Director
Jerry Dahl Jr., President
Year Founded: 1954
Number of Members: 87 vessels and 35 business
associates
PVOA is a non-profit commercial fishing
advocacy group for conservation and rational
management of the fisheries resource in the North
Pacific. Members participate in salmon, herring,
crab, halibut, blackcod, and cod fisheries from
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of Fisheries, in state and federal legislation as well
as numerous other fisheries forums. Membership
is open to members of all communities.
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
AQUACULTURE CORP.
P.O. Box 1110, Cordova, AK 99574
(907) 424-7511 • Fax: (907) 424-7514
[email protected] • www.pwsac.com
David Reggiani, General Manager
George Covel, 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
410 Calhoun Ave., Suite 206
Juneau, AK 99801
(907) 523-3004 • Fax: (907) 523-3005
[email protected]
www.psvoa.com
Bob Kehoe, Executive Director
Year Founded: 1936
Number of Members: over 400
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 and
conducts business in Alaska as the Alaska Seine
Boat Owners at the above Juneau address.
SEAFOOD PRODUCERS
COOPERATIVE
2875 Roeder Ave., Suite 2
Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 733-0120 • Fax: (360) 733-0513
[email protected]
http://spcsales.com
Tom McLaughlin, President/CEO
Year Founded: 1944
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 • Fax (206) 842-5058
[email protected] • www.seashare.org
Jim Harmon, Executive Director
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
[email protected]
www.seattlefishermensmemorial.org
Year Founded: 1985
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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
9369 North Douglas Hwy, Juneau, AK
99801
(907) 586-6652 • Fax (907) 523-1168
[email protected] • www.seafa.org
Kathy Hansen, Executive Director
Year Founded: 2000
SEAFA represents over 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, longevity of the commercial fishing
industry and coastal communities. SEAFA also
maintains and operates for its members a low
cost vessel insurance pool.
SOUTHEAST ALASKA SEINERS
ASSN.
410 Calhoun Ave.
Box 23081
Juneau, AK 99802
(907) 463-5080 • Fax (907) 463-5083
[email protected]
www.seiners.net
Bob Thorstenson Jr., Executive Director
Dan Castle, President
Year Founded: 1968
Seiners founded SEAS, a member-based organization, to promote the vitality of the commercial seine fleet 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
[email protected] • www.ssraa.org
John Burke, General Manager
Year Founded: 1978
Number of Members: All salmon permit holders in
southern S.E. 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
[email protected] • www.ucba.org
Brent Paine, Executive Director
Year Founded: 1993
United Catcher Boats is a trawl vessel owners’ trade association that represents the interests
of the catcher vessel trawl fleet. 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 Rd., Suite E
Soldotna, AK 99669
(907) 260-9436 • Fax: (907) 260-9438
[email protected]
David Martin, President
Year Founded: 1980
Annual Dues: $200; associate $25
UCIDA serves Cook Inlet drift fishermen
by its involvement with the Board of Fisheries,
state and federal legislation, marketing, inseason price information, 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
[email protected] • www.ufa-fish.org
Jerry McCune, President
Julianne Curry, Executive Director
Year Founded: 1974
Number of Members: 36 groups plus about 500
individual members
Annual Dues: individual, $175 for one year,
$300 for two years; crew, $50; lifetime, $3,000;
group membership, $2,500; business memberships
at $300, $1,000, and $2,000 levels
UFA’s mission is to promote and protect the
common interest of Alaska’s commercial fishing
industry as a vital component of Alaska’s social
and economic well-being. 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
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members.
UNITED FISHERMEN’S MARKETING
ASSN.
(907) 486-3453 • Fax: (907) 486-8362
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
GILLNETTER’S ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 20538
Juneau, AK 99802-0538
(253) 237-3009 via Google Voice
[email protected]
www.akgillnet.org
Max Worhatch, President
Tom Gemmell, Executive Director
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 fishery. USAG promotes
and protects the interests of its members by an
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.
WESTERN FISHBOAT OWNERS
ASSN.
P.O. Box 992723, Redding, CA 96099
(530) 229-1097 • Fax: (530) 232-0107
[email protected] • www.wfoa-tuna.org
Wayne Heikkila, Executive Director
Louie Hill, President
Year Founded: 1967
Western Fishboat Owners Association is a
California-based non-profit trade association
established in 1967, representing approximately
400 albacore tuna troll-vessel owners based
in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska,
Hawaii, New Zealand and British Columbia.
These are family-owned 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 American Fishermen’s Research Foundation.
WOMEN’S MARITIME ASSN.
PMB 743, 1916 Pike Place #12
Seattle, WA 98101
Answering service: (206) 441-5678
[email protected]
www.womensmaritimeassoc.com
Year Founded: 1980
Annual Dues: $35
The Women’s Maritime Association is an
informational and support network of seafaring women and men. WMA is based in
Seattle, with members from all over the
United States and several other countries.
WMA’s purpose is to promote communication among women and men in maritime
industries. Our newsletter provides a forum
for exchanging information on employment,
health and safety, training and achievements
of our members. As a network, the WMA
provides mentoring and leadership, historical
references, humor, and camaraderie.
YAKUTAT REGIONAL
AQUACULTURE ASSN.
P.O. Box 153, Yakutat, AK 99689
[email protected]
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, personal use and other Alaskan 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.
725 Christensen Drive, Suite 3-B
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 272-3141 Fax: (907) 272-3142
[email protected]
www.yukonsalmon.org
Jill Klein, 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 salmon bycatch identification, habitat restoration and stock assessment as well as marketing and promotion of
Yukon River salmon in the Pacific Northwest.
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Ph: 253.627.6968
Dutch Harbor, AK
Ph: 907.581.1498
Fax: 907.581.1402
Port Index
Adak.................................................40
Everett..............................................50
Nome...............................................63
Akutan..............................................40
False Pass........................................51
Pelican..............................................63
Anacortes.........................................40
Florence (Siuslaw)..............................51
Petersburg.......................................64
Anchorage.......................................40
Fort Bragg (Noyo Harbor)..................51
Port Angeles....................................64
Angoon............................................41
Friday Harbor..................................52
Port Townsend.................................65
Astoria..............................................41
Garibaldi..........................................52
Saint George...................................66
Bandon............................................41
Gig Harbor.......................................52
Saint Paul.........................................66
Bellingham.......................................42
Gold Beach......................................52
Sand Point.......................................66
Berkeley...........................................42
Haines..............................................53
San Francisco..................................67
Bethel...............................................43
Homer..............................................53
Seattle..............................................67
Blaine...............................................43
Hoonah............................................55
Seldovia...........................................70
Bodega Bay (Spud Point Marina &
Hydaburg.........................................55
Seward.............................................70
Mason’s Marina)...................................43
Ilwaco...............................................56
Sitka..................................................71
Brookings.........................................44
Juneau.............................................56
Skagway...........................................71
Charleston (Coos Bay).......................44
Kake.................................................57
Tacoma.............................................72
Chignik.............................................45
Kenai................................................57
Tenakee............................................72
Cold Bay..........................................45
Ketchikan.........................................57
Thorne Bay......................................72
Cordova...........................................46
King Cove........................................58
Valdez...............................................73
Craig.................................................46
Kodiak..............................................59
Warrenton........................................73
Crescent City...................................47
La Conner (Port of Skagit County).......60
Westport (Grays Harbor)....................73
Depoe Bay.......................................47
La Push (Quileute Marina)...................61
Whittier............................................74
Dillingham.......................................47
Metlakatla........................................61
Winchester Bay (Salmon Harbor).......74
Dutch Harbor...................................48
Moss Landing..................................61
Wrangell..........................................75
Egegik (Coffee Point).........................49
Naknek/King Salmon......................61
Yakutat.............................................76
Elfin Cove.........................................49
Neah Bay (Makah Marina)..................62
B.C. Ports.........................................76
Eureka (Humboldt Bay).......................50
Newport...........................................63
Vancouver........................................78
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provide voluntary assistance to harbors and
marinas to improve waste management and
pollution prevention services both internally
and for their customers. Look for the Clean
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ADAK to ANCHORAGE
ADAK
ADAK MARINE SERVICES
• Medical transport by plane to
Anchorage
• LifeFlight.......................... 800-478-9111
Port Office........................... 907-592-0185
Port Fax............................... 907-592-4171
[email protected]
VHF Channel......................................... 16
Fish & Game.......................907-592-2407
U.S. Post Office.................. 907-592-8113
AKUTAN
FUEL SUPPLIERS (AREA CODE 907)
PROCESSORS (AREA CODE 907)
Adak Fuels.................... phone: 592-8330
..........................................fax: 592-4171
............................................. VHF Ch. 16
Trident Seafoods....................... 698-2211
or VHF 73
Adak Cod Coop......907-592-0648 or VHF
16 or 72
AT THE DOCK
•General Manager: Cal Kashevarof
RATES
• 0-32’: $80/24 hrs.
• 33-60’: $100/24 hrs.
•61-75’: $150/24 hrs.
• 76-100’: $175/24 hrs.
• 101-125’: $190/24 hrs.
• 126-150’: $200/24 hrs.
•151-200’: $250/24 hrs.
• 201-250’: $300/24 hrs.
• 251-300’: $350/24 hrs.
• 301’ and up: $2/ft./24 hrs.
AMENITIES
• indoor/outdoor storage
• fresh water/grocery store
• hotel services
• pay phones at store
• expediting services
• cafe, bar and grill
Port Office Ph/Fax..............907-698-2265
VHF Channel........................................... 6
[email protected]
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Brett Willis
• Pelkey’s Dive Service: VHF 6
MOORAGE
• 200’ limited dock space
• 2 hrs. free parking. Call on VHF
before docking: VHF 6
AMENITIES (AREA CODE 907)
• general store/hotel/laundry/museum
• library......................................698-2230
• U.S. Post Office.......................698-2200
• City of Akutan.........................698-2228
• VPSO........................................698-2315
• church and gym......................698-2239
• Roadhouse Bar
TRANSPORT (AREA CODE 907)
• PenAir Seaplane (daily flights
from Dutch Harbor)................ 581-1383
• Freighters: Coastal Transportation,
Western Pioneer, Sealand
MEDICAL (AREA CODE 907)
• clinic........................................698-2208
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Dale Fowler
MOORAGE
• 950 berths
• 150-200 transient berths
• waiting list for permanents; no
waiting list for temporary (winter)
RATES
• guest: call Harbor Office 360-293-0694
or VHF radio channel 66A
• qualifying commercial fish moorage:
$5.94/ft./mo. (doesn’t include excise tax)
AMENITIES
• electricity/restaurants/restrooms
• county public transportation
• fresh water/loading pier/showers
• pump-out facilities (free)/pay phones
• laundry/net mending dock
• groceries/marine store
• in the heart of Anacortes
HAULOUTS
• two 1-ton dock hoists
• 3 marine railways in area
• boat hoists in harbor up to 37’;
in town up to 65’
• 2 dry docks available in town,
haul up to 300’
REPAIR FACILITIES
• full repair facilities (0’ to 500’)
AIR TRANSPORT
• port-owned airport
3,000’ paved runway
ANACORTES
MEDICAL/RESCUE FACILITIES
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Alaska Airlines (pax & cargo)
Sundays & Thursdays, flight 160/161
.......................................... 907-592-3121
Port Office...........................360-293-0694
Port Fax ..........................360-299-0998
[email protected]
www.portofanacortes.com
VHF Channel...................................... 66A
Fish & Game...................... 360-902-2200
Pollution Hotline............... 800-424-8802
• Adak Medical Clinic/M.D. on duty
• EMTs and volunteer service
ambulance
Cap Sante Boat Haven..............293-0694
Reisner Distributor.................... 293-2197
Port Office...........................907-343-6200
Port Fax ..........................907-277-5636
[email protected]
www.portofalaska.com
VHF Channel......................................... 16
REPAIR FACILITIES
• closest haulout is Dutch Harbor
• welder and machinist on island
• diver
AIR TRANSPORT
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• hospital 10 blocks away
• Waterfront Festival: May 16-17
• Arts Festival: August 1-2
• July 4 fireworks at marina
ANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE to BANDON
Coast Guard.......................907-271-6700
Fish & Game....................... 907-267-2100
AT THE DOCK
• Providence Hospital........ 907-562-2211
• Coast Guard.................... 800-478-5555
• Anchorage Fire..................................911
• Port of Astoria staff
Inlet Petroleum.......................... 274-3835
Shoreside Petroleum................344-4571
ANGOON
City Office...........................907-788-3653
City Office fax.....................907-788-3821
Harbormaster.....................907-788-3960
VHF Channel(s)........................... 14 & 16
Alaska Seafood Services.......... 276-4551
Great Pacific Seafoods.............248-7966
Tenth & M Seafoods................. 272-3474
Whitney Foods.......................... 243-3311
Yamaya Seafood.......................563-5588
AT THE DOCK
Angoon Oil and Gas.................788-3436
• port director: Richard J. Wilson
• port operations manager:
Stuart B. Greydanus
AT THE DOCK
DOCKAGE
AMENITIES
• 5 terminal berths totaling 3,488
linear feet available
• dock space for transients with prior
approval
• average tidal range: 30 feet
• electricity
AMENITIES
• fresh water at berths
• taxis
• showers & laundry about 1 mile away
• sewage pumpout
• tariff rates available upon request
or on website
REPAIR FACILITIES
• full repair facilities available in area

Commercial Fishing Gear
Engine Parts
Hydraulics
Marine Parts & Accessories
Ready to Serve You in
ANCHORAGE!
907.349.8924
www.reddenmarine.com
MOORAGE
• 416 berths in west and east basin
• dry storage available
AMENITIES
• electricity, fresh water, laundry
• net mending dock, pay phones
• restaurant, restrooms
• sewage pumpout, showers
HAULOUTS
• Astoria Marine Construction —
Warrenton Shipyard
• Port of Astoria
• 80-ton travel lift
• Harbormaster: Albin Frederickson
MOORAGE
• 45 berths (waiting list)
• limited transient berths;
contact City Office
• no dryland storage
HAULOUT AND REPAIR
• one tidal grid
• local clinic........................907-788-4600
• emergency.......................907-788-3237
ASTORIA
REPAIR FACILITIES
• Full service repair facilities,
machine shops, welding, electronic
repairs, dive service and marine
supplies — all available locally
• search & rescue
• sheriff stationed at harbor
• medics/ambulance
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Fisher Poets’ Gathering in February
• Crab Festival in April
• Marine Swap Meet in April
• Vessel & Industry Tour in July
• Astoria Regatta, 2nd weekend in Aug.
• Silver Salmon Celebration, 2nd
weekend in October
Mooring Basin Office.........503-325-8279
Port Office...........................503-741-3300
Fax Attn: Harbrmaster....... 503-741-3345
[email protected]
www.portofastoria.com
VHF Channels.............................. 16 & 74
Fish & Wildlife.................... 503-338-0106
BANDON
Port of Astoria.......................... 325-8279
Wilcox & Flegel ........................325-3122
or 741-0144
Port Fuel Dock............................347-1901
Port Office........................... 541-347-3206
Fax....................................... 541-347-4645
[email protected]
www.portofbandon.com
AT THE DOCK
• Port of Bandon staff
Bornstein SeaFoods.................325-6164
Fergus-McBurendse.................325-9592
Fishhawk Fisheries Inc.............325-5252
MOORAGE
• 88 berths
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BANDON to BERKELEY
RATES
• daily: 20-29 ft. – $12-$17; 30-39 ft. –
$18-$23; 40-49 ft. – $24-$29; 50-59 ft. –
$30-$35; 60 ft. – $36+
• call for monthly, quarterly or
yearly rates
• moorage coordinator: Andy Peterson
MOORAGE
• charter services, electricity, fresh water
• pumpout stations/restrooms
• 1,417 slips
• 150 commercial berths
• 20 spaces for commercial transients
• all berths assigned: 1st come,1st served
• private yard can store about 40
boats on land
• 4-lane boat launch
AIR TRANSPORT
RATES
• Small airport a few miles south of
Bandon; commercial airport in
North Bend (25 miles north)
• phone for rates
AMENITIES
• hospital with state-of-the-art
equipment
• Southern Coos Hospital, 541-347-2426
• USCG: May-Sept.
• ambulance services
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Marine Swap Meet May
• Blessing of the Fleet May
• Old Fashioned 4th of July
• WindFest August
• Cranberry Festival September
• Bandon Dunes Resort
BELLINGHAM
Harbor Offices
360-676-2542
Port Fax...............................360-671-6149
[email protected]
www.portofbellingham.com
VHF Channel................................ 16 & 68
Fish & Game....................1-800-477-6224
wood; also engines and electronics
• full service boat repair & outfitting
facilities & shops
• St. Joseph, Main Campus: equipped
for general surgery, 360-734-5400
• dentists in town
AIR TRANSPORT
• jet runway with daily flights
• 3 miles to airport
AMENITIES
• 2 mile walking path around harbor
• 2 fuel docks
• 40,000 sq. ft. dry storage for
commercial fishing
• electricity at all berths
• five restaurants
• fresh water at all berths
• pay phones nearby
• 4 shower and 3 laundry facilities
• two 2-ton stiff-leg cranes
BERKELEY
Marina................................. 510-981-6740
[email protected]
www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/marina/
Harbormaster fax............... 510-981-6745
VHF Channel......................................... 16
Fish & Game.......................707-944-5500
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Ann Hardinger
HAULOUTS
• 2 large floating dry docks;
2,800-ton and 1,000-ton
• private mobile crane for
engines and gear
• 4 haulout locations
• Coast Guard has small base
REPAIR FACILITIES
• 3 net suppliers
• 2 net working areas
• 1,200 ft. of work/loading piers
• 4 yards can repair aluminum, glass,
MOORAGE
• 10 transient berths
• 1,000 total berths
• commercial berths available
• dry land storage: $85-$95/mo.
RATES
• visitors: $0.50/ft.
AMENITIES
• electricity/pay phones
• fresh water
• fuel docks/pump out stations
• restrooms/showers
HAULOUTS
Harbor Marine Fuel................... 734-1710
Hilton Harbor Marina................. 733-1110
• travel lift
REPAIR FACILITIES
Arrowac Fisheries..................... 676-1606
Bellingham Cold Storage.........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: Chris Tibbe
• operations coordinator: Dave Warter
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Engine Parts
Hydraulics
BELLINGHAM!
360.733.0250
• Berkeley Marine Center
Medical/Rescue Facilities
• local fire dept.; Alta Bates Hospital
AIR TRANSPORT
• Oakland Airport
SPECIAL EVENTS
• 4th of July
BETHEL to BODEGA BAY
BETHEL
Port Office........................... 907-543-2310
open Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
www.cityofbethel.org
Port Fax............................... 907-543-2311
VHF Channels. 10 & 16 (May 1 to Nov. 1)
Fish & Game.......................907-543-2433
AT THE DOCK
• acting port director: Peter A Williams
[email protected]
• admin. assistant: Ed Flores
[email protected]
• Coast Guard facilities in Kodiak
• Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Regional
Hospital............................907-543-6000
• Bethel Search & Rescue
BLAINE
Harbor................................. 360-647-6176
Fax.......................................360-332-1043
[email protected]
www.portofbellingham.com
VHF Channels.............................. 16 & 68
Fish & Game.......................206-976-3200
Coast Guard.......................360-734-1692
BODEGA BAY
(Spud Point Marina & Mason’s Marina)
Spud Pt. Marina Office......707-875-3535
Spud Pt. Marina Fax..........707-875-3436
[email protected]
spudpointmarina.org
Spud Pt. VHF Channel......................... 16
Mason’s Marina.................. 707-875-3811
Mason’s Marina VHF Channel............. 16
USCG Station ....................707-875-3596
Spud Point Fuel Dock...............875-3535
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
Blaine Marina Inc. ....................332-8425
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
• general, grocery stores with delis nearby
• restaurants—free delivery
• book exchange at city dock office
• f orklifts, cranes and dock equipment—
call dock office for list of handlers holding current terminal use permits
• taxicab services
HAULOUTS
• crane available for emergency
repairs with advance notice
• beach ramp or main cargo dock
REPAIR FACILITIES
Boundary Fish Co. Inc..............332-6715
Starfish Inc................................332-8066
North Coast Fisheries............... 875-3576
Tides Wharf (fish dock).............875-3560
Lucas Wharf...............................875-3571
Spud Point Crab Co..................875-9472
AT THE DOCK
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Andy Peterson
• Harbormaster: Noah Wagner
MOORAGE
MOORAGE (SPUD POINT)
• 629 total berths (commercial/pleasure)
• dry land storage
• commercial moorage available 26’-58’, call for larger sizes
• 244 berths/check for available transient
RATES
• $5.90/ft. plus tax for approved active
fishing boats under 80’, all others call
for rates.
AMENITIES
• two-lane boat launch
• electricity/fresh water
• pay phones/restrooms/showers
• laundry facility
• 20 minutes to Bellingham
HAULOUTS
• outboard motor repair
• steel and aluminum welding available
• dock hoists at processors
• 250-ton marine railways
AIR TRANSPORT
REPAIR FACILITIES
• daily jet service by Alaska Airlines
• local villages: scheduled flights
and charters
Walsh Marine . . . . . . . . . . 360-332-5051
Blaine Marine Services . . 360-332-3324
• Bethel Family Clinic.........907-543-3773
• Bethel Health Center
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Fishermen’s Memorial Service
MOORAGE (MASON’S MARINA)
• Rates: 30’ slips - $180/mo. or $20/day,
40’ slips - $210/mo. or $20/day
RATES (SPUD POINT)
• Commercial rates daily: $20 up to 30’,
$25 up to 40’, $30 up to 50’, $36 up to
60’, $42 up to 90’ and $54 for 91’ and up
• Sport rates daily: $20 up to 30’, $30 for
30’ to 40’, $40 for 41’ to 50’, $60 for 61’ to
90’, over 90’ $100
• Monthly: $6.55/ft.
AMENITIES (SPUD POINT)
• commercial flake ice facility
• electricity/fresh water/laundromat
• fuel and ice service, 5 a.m.-9 p.m., fuel
available from 5 a.m.-8 p.m. (must be
finished fueling by 8 p.m.)
• dry storage space $85/mo.
• commercial service dock/pay phones
• restrooms/showers/security gates
• 3-ton J.I.B. crane and 1-ton crane
• 30 amp & 50 amp electric
AMENITIES (MASON’S MARINA)
• convenience store & gas station open
from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 7 days/wk. selling
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BODEGA BAY to CHARLESTON
reg. unleaded, super unleaded, clear
diesel, propane, bagged ice, fishing
supplies, snacks and ice cream
• restrooms and showers available
• on-site commercial fish buyer with two
unloading hoists
• locked gates and on-site security
• dry camping spaces for cab over campers
• boat trailer storage
• water/electricity available
• 6-lane launch ramp/retail center
REPAIR FACILITIES
• some mechanical
• Chetco River Life Boat Station
• Curry County Sheriff
• many doctors and chiropractors
• nearest hospital: 27 miles
• Search & Rescue
• Southern Curry Mercy Flights
• U.S. Coast Guard
AIR TRANSPORT
• bus available to airport daily
SPECIAL EVENTS
•A
nnual Fisherman’s Festival, 3rd week in
April (arts and crafts, BBQ, boat races)
BROOKINGS
Port Harbor.........................541-469-2218
Port Fax...............................541-469-0672
[email protected]
http://www.port-brookings-harbor.com
VHF Channel......................................... 12
Port of Brookings.....469-2218 or VHF 12
(call for large truck quantities)
Hallmark Fisheries ...................469-4616
BC Fisheries............................... 531-1827
AT THE DOCK
• Operations Supervisor: Travis Webster
• executive director: Ted Fitzgerald
MOORAGE
• 600 berths/10 transient
• dry land storage available
RATES 24’-70’+
• daily: $12 to $35
• monthly: $216 to $756
• annual: $37.21/ft.-$41.67/ft.
AMENITIES
• bulk ice
• electricity/fresh water/laundry
• net mending dock/pumpout/
dump stations
• fresh water and electricity at most slips
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HAULOUTS
• 25-ton crane/60-ton travel lift (16’ max bm)
REPAIR FACILITIES
[email protected]
www.charlestonmarina.com
www.facebook.com/charlestonmarina
VHF Channel...........................12 KVY560
Pollution Hotline (US)....... 800-424-8802
Pollution Hotline (OR)........ 800-452-0311
• s elf-help yard & various craft businesses
AIR TRANSPORT
Russell’s..................................... 888-4711
• small airport with privately owned planes
Chuck’s Seafood........................888-5525
Hallmark Fisheries....................888-3253
Oregon Brand Seafoods........... 888-1748
Pacific Seafoods........................888-9626
ICE
Charleston Ice Dock...........541-888-2548
AT THE DOCK
CHARLESTON
(Oregon International Port of Coos Bay)
Port Office...........................541-888-2548
Port Fax................................541-888-6111
• Harbormaster: Kathy Wall
MOORAGE
• 560+ berths/150+ transients
• upland vessel storage in
Charleston shipyard
CHARLESTON to COLD BAY
RATES
• daily: $13.00-$29, based on length
•m
onthly: all sizes $6.50/ft.; $97.50
min., paid in advance based on 30
consecutive days
• annual moorage available; please call
541-888-2548
AMENITIES
• 6-lane launch ramp
• fuel dock, propane, pump-outs,
security
• tackle, bait and marine supplies
• restrooms/showers/laundromat
HAULOUTS (AT CHARLESTON)
• Shipyard phone:..............541-888-3703
• 12-ton mobile crane and 4-ton forklift
• 60-ton travel lift boat hoist
• 200-ton marine railway at shipyard
• 1,000-ton dry dock in Coos Bay
REPAIR FACILITIES
• Giddings Boatworks
• Skallerud Marine
• Tarheel Metal Fabrication
• Encore Enterprises (engines)
AIR TRANSPORT
•S
outhwest Oregon Regional Airport,
Horizon Air, plus air cargo services
• Charter/Rental: Coos
Aviation Inc., Menasha Corp.
• Emergency........................................911
• Search & Rescue Emer. ..541-756-4141
• Bay Area Hospital.............541-269-8111
• Bay Cities Ambulance..... 541-269-1155
• 24 hr. Poison Hotline.......800-452-7165
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Charleston Merchant’s Crab Feed;
second Saturday in February
• Charleston Oyster Fest, last
Saturday in April
• Charleston Seafood Festival; third
weekend in August
• Bay Area Fun Festival; third
weekend in September
• Bay Area Chamber of
Commerce...................... 800-824-8486
• Charleston Visitor’s
Center (May-Sept.).......... 541-888-2311
CHIGNIK
City Office........................... 907-749-2280
Fax....................................... 907-749-2300
Public Safety Office............ 907-749-2273
VHF Channel........................................... 6
Fish & Game (Summer)....907-845-2243
Harbormaster’s Office....... 907-749-2284
Trident support side.................. 749-2276
AT THE DOCK
• contact processors via VHF ch. 6 or 73
MOORAGE
• 1 dock and a few buoys for transients
• 2 docks in summer
• storage on land; contact processor
• small boat harbor with annual, seasonal and transient moorage
RATES
• Daily $11 to $105, based on length
• Seasonal (4 months) $307 to $1094
• Annual moorage - call harbormaster
AMENITIES
• 1 grocery store in summer & winter
• 1 non-denominational church
• community hall
• phones 5 minutes from dock
• showers at bunkhouse
• Doughnut & coffee shop near support
side dock on boardwalk
HAULOUTS
• 2 cranes at processors
• 2 travel lifts, maximum capacity
30 tons
• processors have engineers for
some repairs
• Chignik Bay Sub-Regional
Clinic..................907-749-2282 or VHF 6
• nearest hospital, Kodiak
or Dillingham
• nearest Coast Guard facilities—Kodiak
• physician’s asst. at clinic (summer)
x-ray machine, advanced cardiac
life support system, limited
pharmacy and laboratory, and
summer ambulance squad
• Search & Rescue ............. 907-749-2273
• VPSO................................. 907-749-2273
AIR TRANSPORT
• daily flights
• Grant Aviation
• Lake Clark Air
WATER TRANSPORT
• Alaska Marine Highway
• Coastal Transportation
COLD BAY
City Office........................... 907-532-2401
Fax.......................................907-532-2671
[email protected]
VHF Channels................................ 6 & 16
Fish & Game (Seasonal).... 907-532-2419
AT THE DOCK (AREA CODE 907)
• Harbormaster: Alan Ellis
532-2478.
MOORAGE
• transient moorage available at Cold
Bay City Dock
RATES
• 6 hr. grace period is allowed, then
daily rates apply
• under 31’, free; 32-46’, $10; 47-60’, .$15;
61-75’, $20; 76-90’, $50; 91-105’, $75;
106-125’, $90; 126-150’, $100;
151’-up, $100+$1/ft. over 150’
AMENITIES
• fresh water is available; $15 per
1,000 gal. min. charge $30;
$35/use+ hookup fee
• fork lift rental (if reserved)
• pay phone at end of causeway
• restrooms/showers at Bearfoot Inn
Alaska
REPAIR FACILITIES
• closest repair at King Cove facilities
• travel lift available by reservation
AIR TRANSPORT
• Peninsula Airways
TRANSPORT
• Alaska Marine Highway
45
COLD BAY to CRAIG
• Western Pioneer/
Coastal Transportation
• clinic with on-duty FNP
• EMTs and volunteer service ambulance
• medical transport by plane to Anchorage
• LifeFlight.......................... 800-478-9111
Cannery Row Inc.......................424-5920
Norquest Seafoods...................424-5390
Ocean Beauty Seafoods...........424-7171
Prime Select Seafoods.............424-7750
Copper River Seafoods............424-3721
Trident Seafoods........................424-7111
CORDOVA
Port Office...........................907-424-6400
Port Fax...............................907-424-6446
[email protected]
www.cityofcordova.net/harbor
VHF Channels.............................. 16 & 68
USCGC Sycamore..............907-424-3434
Shoreside Petroleum................424-3264
• Harbormaster: Dale R. Muma
MOORAGE
AIR TRANSPORT
• 729 berths
• slips available for vessels up to 100’
• daily jet service to Anchorage
and Seattle
• turboprop service to Anchorage
• charter service available
AT THE DOCK
RATES
AMENITIES
Engine Parts
Hydraulics
CORDOVA!
907.424.3188
Proudly Serving Cordova
With Durable, Dependable
Quality Deck Equipment
For Over 30 Years
For Our Complete Line of Deck
Gear go to:
www.kinematicsmarine.com
KINEMATICS
Marine Equipment, Inc.
5625 48 Dr. N.E. Unit B Marysville, WA 98270
Phone: (360) 659-5415 • Fax: (360) 653-5151
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• Coast Guard
• medical center; AirVac to
Anchorage........................907-424-8000
• Cordova Medical Clinic...907-424-3622
• dental clinic
• LifeFlight:......................... 800-478-9111
• annual: $31.52/ft.
• monthly: $11.02/ft.
• daily: $0.82/ft. in advance;
$0.97/ft. invoiced

• 160-ft., 250-ton steel tidal grid
• 180-ft., 90-ton timber tidal grid
• dry storage for boats, pots, other
marine gear
• launch ramp
• electricity/fresh water on floats
• laundry in town
• phone hookups
• showers in town and harbor office
CRAIG
Port Office...........................907-826-3404
Port Fax...............................907-826-3278
[email protected]
VHF Channel......................................... 16
SERVICES
• outboard & engine repair
• welding and machine shops
• marine hardware and electronic
services available year-round
HAULOUTS
•150-ton marine travel lift with
washdown facilities
Klawock Delta Fuel....................755-2909
Petro Marine Services..............826-3296
E.C. Phillips/Craig Fish .............826-3241
Noyes Island Smoke House ....826-2596
Jody’s Seafood Specialties..... 755-2247
Wildfish Co............................... 755-2247
Klawock Oceanside .................. 755-2146
Cordova Terminal
Cordova
Division
A Serving
Petro Marine
You Affiliate
With:
•MarineFuels
Serving You•BulkGas
With:
•HeatingFuels
•ChevronLubricants
•MarineFuels
•BulkGas
•Petroleum
•Petro1Lubricants
•HeatingFuels
Equipment
•FPPFFuel
•Petroleum
•MobilLubricants
•PropaneGas
Additives
Equipment
•PropaneGas
(907)
•FPPFFuel
Additives
424-3264
VHF Channel 16
(907) 424-3264
www.shoresidepetroleum.com
VHF Channel 16
Alaskan owned and
operated since 1959.
petromarineservices.com
CRAIG to DILLINGHAM
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Michael Kampnich
MOORAGE AND RATES
• 45 Transient spaces
• Trans. Moorage: 14’ to 150’ vessels
• Daily - $7.50 - $120
• Assigned - $13/ft./per year
• water hookup: free with moorage
• electrical hookup is $50.40
• gear storage: $12-$35 per month
CRESCENT CITY
Harbor District.................... 707-464-6174
Fax.......................................707-465-3535
VHF Channels................................ 9 & 16
CGV Dorado....................... 707-464-2172
AT THE DOCK
• Depoe Bay Fuel Station
• Harbormaster: Phil Shane
MOORAGE
• 100’ transient space
• 90 reserved berths
C. Renner Dist...........................465-4200
RATES
AMENITIES
• electricity – 120/30 amp, 208 single
phase/50 amp
• fresh water on floats
• garbage disposal, used oil disposal
• public restrooms and showers at harbor office located at North/South Cove
Harbor
• two public launch ramps, parking
Alber Seafood Co......................464-8122
Pacific Choice Seafoods...........464-5558
• daily: $13.00 under 45 ft.
• daily: $19.00 over 45 ft.
• annually: $666 to $1,387
SERVICES
• outboard sales and service
•m
arine hardware stores/grocery stores
• clothing stores/laundromat
• welding/fabrication
• ice house with ice for public, private,
recreational, commercial, cold storage
– contact Harbormaster
HAULOUTS
• crane/3,700-lb capacity
• crane/10 ton capacity
• 4 tidal grids
• private haulout service for vessels up
to 32’
• boat trailer for up to 28’ vessels available for rent/harbor dept.
• haulout by hydraulic boat trailer for
vessels up to 58’/60 ton-contact harbor
dept.
• vessel storage - private storage in
fenced secure lot
• public storage for vessels 30’+, contact
harbor dept.
• Craig Police Department: 826-3330
• Alaska State Troopers: 755-2918 or 7552291
• Craig Harbor Department: 826-3404,
VHF 16
• Coast Guard: VHF 16
• Craig Clinic: 826-3257
• Alicia Roberts Medical Ctr: 755-4800
• Southeast Dental Center: 826-2273
AT THE DOCK
AMENITIES
• 245 berths
• number of transient berths varies
• electricity
• fresh water
• restrooms
• pumpout dock
• hoist
• fish cleaning station
RATES
HAULOUTS
• daily $14 to 30 ft./$32 to 70 ft.
• boat ramp
AMENITIES
AIR TRANSPORT
• cable repair (dock area)/net mending
• ice/marine supply stores
• electricity/fresh water/laundry
• pay phones/restrooms/showers
• Newport, Ore.
• Harbormaster: Rich Young
MOORAGE
HAULOUTS
• dock hoists
• SyncroLift, 270 long tons
• 30-ton travel lift operated by
the harbor
REPAIR FACILITIES
• Fashion Blacksmith, full-service yard
AIR TRANSPORT
• Air Ambulance
• Regularly scheduled airlines
• USCG cutter..................... 707-464-2172
• Sutter Coast Hospital...... 707-464-8511
DEPOE BAY
Port Office...........................541-765-2361
Port Fax............................... 541-765-2129
[email protected]
• Depoe Bay Fire Dept.
• U.S. Coast Guard
SPECIAL EVENTS
• annual Fleet of Flowers, Memorial Day
• Wooden Boat Show/Crab Feed
DILLINGHAM
Harbor Emergency............907-842-1069
or 911
Police/Fire emergency.......911
City Office...........................907-842-5211
Harbor Fax .........................907-842-4573
VHF Channels....................................... 16
Fish & Game......................907-842-3958
Pollution Hotline................800-424-8802
Delta Western Fuel...................842-5441
Bristol Alliance Fuels................842-1234
Icicle Seafoods (office).............842-5204
Peter Pan Seafoods (active).....842-5415
Trident Seafoods (office).........842-2519
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AT THE HARBOR
REPAIR FACILITIES
• Harbormaster..................907-842-1069
• repairs available for aluminum, glass,
wood, props, hydraulics & engines
Delta Western Fuel.................... 581-1295
North Pacific Fuel...................... 581-1350
Offshore Systems Inc............... 581-1827
RATES
• seasonal, $70/yr. under 25’
• seasonal, $260/yr. over 25’
• $70 per launch/haul out for vessels
over 25’
• $100 in & out for vessels over 25’
(10% discount if purchased in April)
• 500-600 vessel capacity
AMENITIES
• fresh water, laundromats,
phones,public bathhouse, shower,
10-site campground
Limited crane service for vessels with
current harbor registration
Ice sales (contact harbor master office
for price)
BOAT HAULERS
PAF Marine ...............................842-5422
Squaw Creek Boat Movers ..... 842-4220
REPAIR FACILITIES
• repairs available for aluminum, glass,
wood, props, hydraulics & engines
AIR TRANSPORT
• Peninsula Airways...........907-842-5559
• Alaska Airlines.................800-252-7522
• Frontier Flying Svc..........800-478-6779
• Volunteer fire dept...........907-842-5354
• EMS ambulance..............907-842-5354
• Bristol Bay Health Corp
(Kanakanak Hosp)..............907-842-5201
Proudly Serving Dillingham
For Over 30 Years
Gear go to:
KINEMATICS
Phone: (360) 659-5415 • Fax: (360) 653-5151
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AIR TRANSPORT
• Peninsula Airways...........907-842-5559
• Alaska Airlines.................800-252-7522
• Frontier Flying Svc..........800-478-6779
• Volunteer fire dept...........907-842-5354
• EMS ambulance..............907-842-5354
• Bristol Bay Health Corp
(Kanakanak Hosp)..............907-842-5201
DUTCH HARBOR
Port Office........................... 907-581-1254
Fax....................................... 907-581-2519
[email protected]
www.unalaska-ak.us
VHF Channel......................................... 16
Alyeska Seafoods Inc................581-1211
Icicle Seafoods..........................282-0988
Royal Aleutian Sfds.................. 581-1671
Unisea........................................ 581-1258
Westward Seafoods.................. 581-1660
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: John Days
• 24 hours, 7 days a week
MOORAGE
• over 15 privately owned docks in area
• small boat floats in Iliuliuk Harbor near Unisea Inn
• city dock includes Horizon container .
crane
• compulsory pilotage by Southeast
Alaska Pilot’s Assoc. and Alaska
Marine Pilots; to avoid delay, contact
port at least 12 hours prior to ETA
DUTCH HARBOR to ELFIN COVE
Harris ElEctric DutcH Harbor
2315 Airport BeAch roAd
dutch hArBor, AK 99692
tel: 907-581-1679
FAx:907-581-1873
A full-service Electrical Contractor
Marine Electrical Contractor
Marine Electronic Sales & Service Shop
We provide systems, components,
parts and service for:
• Gillnetters
• Seiners
• Longliners
• Crabbers
• Factory Trawlers
We build equipment that meets UL, American Bureau
of Shipping and US Coast Guard standards.
• cranes: 100,000-lb. Paceo container
lift at APL facility; mobile cranes at
other facilities up to 150 tons;
request through shipping agents or .
West Construction on VHF 9
• land storage on request
RATES
• competitive with other Alaska
ports; daily, monthly moorage
available on request
AMENITIES
• electricity at Spit & Light cargo docks
• potable water at city dock, fuel
docks and processors
HAULOUTS
• 1 container crane
• private marine ways available
up to 400 gross tons
REPAIR FACILITIES
A World of Caring
Direct Airport Access
Bedside to Bedside Critical Care
1-800-478-9111
www.alaskaregional.com
Dutch Harbor
Supplying the Ultimate
Trawl Gear and
Services to Alaska
Fishing Communities.
• 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
• CG Marine Safety............ 907-581-3466
• Emergency Coordination Center:
U.S. Coast Guard
• health clinic; nearest hospital in
Kodiak
• nearest Coast Guard, Kodiak
• local police/fire/ambulance
SPECIAL EVENTS
• July 4th celebration
EGEGIK
NET Systems, Inc
2663 Airport Beach Rd.
Dutch Harbor, AK 99692
Ph: 907-581-2900
Fax: 907-581-2850
[email protected]
Icicle Seafoods..........................233-2205
MOORAGE
• freight public use
• dry land storage at canneries
• Egegik City Dock – 40’ x 80’
for freight only
RATES
• fishing boats: $10/day; $125/season
AMENITIES
At canneries:
• electricity
• fresh water
• net mending dock
• pay phones/showers
• restrooms/laundry
• solid waste dumpster
AT PUBLIC DOCK:
• fishing boat dockage
• fresh water at face of dock
• solid waste removal
• police department services
REPAIR FACILITIES
• unavailable
AIR TRANSPORT
• Peninsula Airways — daily service
• Arctic Circle Air Inc.
• clinic:................................907-233-2229
• public safety officer
ELFIN COVE
No Port or City Office;
contact Cross Sound Marketing Assoc.
907-239-2300 (www.fairweatherfish.
com) or contact Lodges in Summer
VHF Channel......................................... 16
Fish & Game (Douglas).....907-465-4250
(Coffee Point)
MOORAGE
City Office...........................907-233-2400
Fax.......................................907-233-2231
[email protected]
VHF Channel........................................... 9
RATES
Alaska Gen. Seafds (AGS)........233-2212
• no assigned berths
• about 25 spaces for transients
• no charge for moorage
AMENITIES
• Elfin General store - hydraulic press
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ELFIN COVE to EVERETT
tings. Store carries commercial fishing
gear and clothing.
• grocery store
• approx. 7 lodges in area –
primarily in summer
• cafe (Coho’s Restaurant)
• fuel service: gas/diesel
• fresh water available at floats
• showers/laundry available
June through mid-September
HAULOUTS
• tidal grid will handle boats
up to 60’
REPAIR FACILITIES
• Pelican handles mechanical repairs;
shipwright work is in Juneau,
Hoonah, Wrangell and Sitka
• Shipwright work also by David and
Susan Abel......................... 907-957-0837
• Welding: Happy Thoughts Welding,
Mike Nelson, fabrication and repair
• no medical service available;
nearest hospitals in Juneau or Sitka
• nearest Coast Guard facilities in
Juneau or Sitka
AIR TRANSPORT
• floatplanes run almost daily
during summer
SPECIAL EVENTS
EUREKA
(Humboldt Bay)
Harbor Dist......................... 707-443-0801
District Fax..........................707-443-0800
[email protected]
www.humboldtbay.org
VHF Channels.............................. 14 & 16
Englund Marine Supply...........444-9266
Caito Brothers Fisheries...........443-0550
Pacific Choice............................442-2981
Wild Planet................................ 840-9116
AT THE DOCK
• dockmaster: Suzie V. Howser
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MOORAGE
Woodley Island Marina
• 30’ to 130’
• 237 berths
RATES
• daily//monthly/annual rates per foot
Northport Fisheries............425-335-3466
(processor)
Port fuel dock............................388-0689
AMENITIES
• bar/cafe
• electricity/bilge pumpout
• fresh water/laundry/showers
• work yard/hoists
• pay phones/restrooms
• sewage pumpouts
HAULOUTS & REPAIR FACILITIES
• 1-ton and 2-ton hoists
• Humboldt Bay Harbor Dist.:
150-ton travel lift
• Air Transport
• United Express
(AREA CODE 707)
• Mad River Comm. Hosp.........822-3621
• St. Joseph’s Hospital..............445-8121
• USCG rescue .....................839-6100
EVERETT
Port Office...........................425-259-6001
Port Fax...............................425-259-0860
[email protected]
www.portofeverett.com
VHF Channel......................................... 16
Fish & Wildlife.................... 425-775-1311
HANSEN BOAT CO.
NEW CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
AT THE DOCK
• harbor attendant: Jeff Lozeau
MOORAGE
• permanent moorage available for
commercial seiners and gillnetters
• limited rafting for additional moorage
• temporary moorage available
RATES
• commercial seine $6.39/ft./month
• rafting rate $0.85/ft./day
AMENITIES
• full service marina
• boat repair & supplies
• electricity
• fresh water
• pay phones
• restaurants
• light provisions
• hotel
• showers
• laundry
• several pump-a-heads/2 dump stations
• wifi
HAULOUTS
• 2 port-operated travel lifts,
35 and 75 tons
(AREA CODE 425)
• Everett General Hospital........261-2000
• Providence Everett Medical Center
Colby Campus................ 425-261-2000
Pacific Campus............... 425-261-2000
AIR TRANSPORT
(425) 252-4021
4124 34th Ave NE, Everett, WA. 98201
•140’X48’DRYDOCK
•866TONLIFTCAPACITY
•SANDBLASTING&
PAINTING
•DOCKSIDEREPAIRS
•NEWPILOTHOUSES
•WORKDECK
RENOVATIONS
•PIPINGSYSTEM
RENEWAL
•INTERIOR
RENOVATION
•BOWBULBS
•ENGINE&
EQUIPMENT
INSTALLATION
• Paine Field Airport (general aviation)
• Seattle-Tacoma Int’l Airport
about an hour away
FALSE PASS to FORT BRAGG
FALSE PASS
Port/City Office................... 907-548-2319
Port/City Fax....................... 907-548-2214
[email protected]
home.gci.net/~cityoffalsepass/
VHF Channel........................................... 6
HAULOUTS
• clinic with CHA on duty, EMTs
and ETTs, volunteer service
ambulance
• medical transport by plane to
Anchorage via Cold Bay
• dock hoist for gear and product only
• marine railway
REPAIR FACILITIES
• closest repair in King Cove
REPAIR FACILITIES
• Winchester Bay
AIR TRANSPORT
• Peace Harbor Hsptl.......... 541-997-8412
• Western Lane Ambulance
• Siuslaw Coast Guard station
Peter Pan Sfds Fish Camp........548-2208
Bering Pacific Seafoods............548-2347
• Pen Air flights 3 days a week
depending on weather
SPECIAL EVENTS
RATES
• vessels moored to False Pass City
Dock will be allowed a 6-hr.
grace period; any vessel remaining
longer will be assessed the
following amounts (or 48 hrs.
for boats actively involved in
loading or unloading cargo):
LENGTH DAY RATES 1MONTH RENTAL
0-20’
$1.50 (min. charge of $15)
21-31’
$26 $450
32-46’
$28
$480
47-60’
$32
$540
$40
$630
61-75’
76-90’
$52
$810
91-105’
$66
$1,020
106-125’
$80
$1,230
126-150’ $94
$1,440
$1,650
151-175’ $108
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
• Small Boat Harbor with accommodations for up 88 vessels ranging in size
of 30ft. to 120ft.
• crab pot storage — Isanotski Corp
• fresh water and pay phones — Peter .. Pan Dock and City Dock (summer only)
• fuel available at Peter Pan Dock
• electricity and water on the floats electricity is $25 hookup and $8/day
• year round dock and harbor
• 69 very nice people & 1 old grouch
BOAT HAULOUT
• Hydraulic boat trailer: boats up to 44’
FLORENCE
(Siuslaw)
• Rhododendron Days Festival,
third weekend in May
FORT BRAGG
Port of Siuslaw
P.O. Box 1220, 1st & Harbor St.
Florence, OR 97439
www.portofsiuslaw.com
[email protected]
Port Office........................... 541-997-3426
Port Fax............................... 541-997-9407
RV Campground Office...... 541-997-3040
Harbor Dist......................... 707-964-4719
Harbor Dist Fax.................. 707-964-4710
[email protected]
VHF Channel..................................... 66-A
USCG Noyo River.............. 707-964-6612
Fish & Game Marine..........707-964-9078
FUEL DOCK
• Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily,
$10 after-hours surcharge
• Call 541-999-0736 to request fueling
Caito Fisheries, Inc....................964-6368
(Noyo Harbor District)
AT THE DOCK
• manager: Jere Kleinbach
Contact Port Manager
MOORAGE
AT THE DOCK
•265 berths/dry-land storage
•waiting list for small vessels
• port manager: Robert Forsythe
MOORAGE
• 65 berths
• limited dry land storage
RATES
• daily: $15 to $25
• monthly: $92 to $250
• annually: $746 to $1,450
AMENITIES
• laundry
• commercial ice machine
• fuel dock
• 480 three-phase power on transient dock
• two dump stations
RATES
•daily: $18 to $26
•monthly: $4.20/ft. (permanent
berths only)
•temporary berths are at 1.5x the
normal permanent rate
•now accepting Visa for payment
AMENITIES
At mooring basin:
•electricity, fresh water, pay phones
•laundromat, pharmacy, deli,
grocery store/shopping center near
mooring basin
•net mending area
•restrooms/showers
HAULOUTS
•dock hoists/marine railways
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FORT BRAGG to GOLD BEACH
REPAIR FACILITIES
AIR TRANSPORT
• Crab Races in March
•located nearby
• 3,400’ lightplane runway w/
daily flights
• largest commercial seaplane
base in Lower 48
GIG HARBOR
•Coast Guard/hospital
SPECIAL EVENTS
•4th of July salmon barbecue
FRIDAY
HARBOR
Port Office...........................360-378-2688
Port Fax............................... 360-378-6114
www.portfridayharbor.org
VHF Channel..................................... 66-A
Fish & Game.......................206-976-3200
GARIBALDI
Port Office...........................503-322-3292
Port Fax.............................. 503-322-0029
[email protected]
www.portofgaribaldi.org
Garibaldi Marina................503-322-3312
Tillamook Bay Boathouse....................... ......................................... 503-322-3600
PROCESSORS
• Harbormaster: Tami Hayes
Tillamook Bay Boathouse....................... ......................................... 503-322-3600
Garibaldi Pacific Seafood
.......................................... 503-861-2201
Garibaldi Cannery..............505-322-3344
MOORAGE
AT THE DOCK
• 463 berths/1,500’ of floating
breakwater
• boat ramp 1 mile from marina
• private yard stores some boats
on land
• port manager: Kevin Greenwood
• harbor administrator: Jessi Coon
• maintenance/harbor: Virgil Loudon
• maintenance supervisor:
David Olson
AMENITIES
MOORAGE
• 2 floats — net repair and
equip. loading
• electricity, fresh water, showers
• laundry near harbor
• net repair float, net loading, forklift
• pay phones nearby, some hookups
• 277 berths/400 linear feet for
transients
I.P.S............................................. 378-3114
AT THE DOCK
Port Office...........................253-851-8136
Port Fax...............................253-851-8563
[email protected]
www.gigharborguide.com
Fish & Game.......................206-976-3200
Pollution Hotline.............. .800-424-8802
Visitor Information ............253-857-4842
or www.gigharborguide.com
AT THE DOCK
• city administrator: Denny Richards
MOORAGE
• transient space at Jerisich Park
Dock (no electricity)
• numerous private docks available
RATES
• Jerisich Park Pier: no fee (honor system)
AMENITIES
• 13 private net sheds
• marine hardware store
• restrooms/pay phones
• tavern/restaurants/shops
HAULOUTS
• travel lift to 65’/85 tons
HAULOUTS
RATES
• daily: $15 up to 30', $20 over 30'
• season: $750 up to 30', $1,000 over 30'
May-Oct.
• 2-ton crane
• full service shipyard nearby
• travel lift for boats up to 40'
AMENITIES
REPAIR FACILITIES
AIR TRANSPORT
• 1 private yard and several shops
will repair aluminum, glass, wood;
also, engine and electronics repairs
• Tillamook (13 miles),
charter planes only
• Inter-Island Med Center.........................
..........................................360-378-2141
• nearest Coast Guard facilities at
Bellingham & Port Angeles
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• fresh water/pay phones
• Coast Guard/volunteer
fire/medical
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Garibaldi Days, last weekend in July
• Blessing of the Fleet in May
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Paddlers Cup, April
• Blessing of the Fleet, June
• Maritime Gig Festival, 1st Sat. in June
• Lighted Boat Parade, December
GOLD BEACH
Port Office........................... 541-247-6269
Port Fax............................... 541-247-6268
[email protected]
VHF Channel......................................... 16
AT THE DOCK
• Port Manager: Errol Roberts
MOORAGE
• 75 slips to 24’
• 1 slip to 150’
GOLD BEACH to HOMER
• dry-land storage available
AMENITIES
RATES
• electricity/fresh water/pay phone
• showers and laundry nearby
• ice delivery by the ton
(Commercial boats 20-61’)
• daily: $13.75 to $33
• monthly: $120 to $240
• annually: $450 to $810
• prices subject to change
HAULOUTS
• city tidal grid/private
haulout nearby
AMENITIES
REPAIR FACILITIES
• electricity on commercial dock
• fresh water
• restrooms/NO showers
• restaurants/shops on port property
• 2 boatbuilders who also do repairs
• Curry Gen. Hospital......... 541-247-6621
• US Coast Guard June-Sept.
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Rogue River jet boat marathon,
first weekend in June
• July 4 fireworks & Bash on the Bay
HAINES
Port Office........................... 907-766-2448
Cell Phone.......................... 907-314-0173
Port Fax............................... 907-766-3010
[email protected]
VHF Channel......................................... 16
Fish & Game....................... 907-766-2830
• 2 doctors & dentist at health center
• nearest Coast Guard facility in Juneau
AIR TRANSPORT
• Wings of Alaska, Air Excursions, providing daily prop service
HOMER
4350 Homer Spit Rd., Homer, AK 99603
Port Office........................... 907-235-3160
Port Fax............................... 907-235-3152
[email protected]
.................http://port.ci.homer.ak.us
VHF Channels.............................. 16 & 10
Homer Fuel Dock.......................235-8548
PROCESSORS/BUYERS (AREA CODE 907)
Auction Block............................235-7267
The Fish Factory........................235-1300
Icicle Seafoods.......................... 235-8107
Kachemak Bay Seafood............299-1551
Snug Harbor Seafoods.............283-6122
Dejon Delights........................... 766-2505
Bell’s Seafood............................ 766-2950
AT THE DOCK
Haines Propane......................... 766-3191
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Phil Benner,
[email protected]
• assistant: Shawn Bell
• Harbormaster: Bryan Hawkins
• ice plant............................ 907-235-3162
• Port Maintenance............ 907-235-3164
DEEP WATER DOCK
• 345’ face and 3 breasting dolphins and
2 mooring buoys
• 40’ water depth at MLLW
• 1 crane (5 ton)
• Fully secured dock for regulated vessels
• Water delivery available on face of dock
PIONEER DOCK
• 465’ face
• 40’ water depth and MLLW
• Fully secured dock for regulated vessels
EDGEWATER
MARINE SURVEYORS
Condition / Valuation / Insurance /
Repair Consultant
AMS® #1101
Paul C. Fleenor
Box 3505, Homer, Alaska 99603
Phone/Fax 907-235-1063
Cell 907-229-1839
[email protected]
www.egdewatermarinesurveyor.com
Proudly Serving Homer
For Over 30 Years
MOORAGE
• 140 permanent berths
• 100 spaces for transients
• dry land storage 5 miles
from town, $0.15/sq. ft.
• 920 reserved stalls
• 750’ transient float system
available with 3-phase power for
large vessels
• transient moorage for boats
up to 150’
RATES
FISH DOCK
• annual: $0.95/sq. ft. (length x width)
• transient: $0.50/ft./day
• monthly: $5/ft./mo.
• 383’ face, 2 side berths, approx. 460’
total berthing space
• 8 self-operated cranes, available 24
MOORAGE
hrs./day
• Annual Crane Card $52/year; crane
time $22.66 per 15 min.
• Ice $130.90 per ton, auger delivered
• Cold storage & bait lockers available
seasonally
Gear go to:
KINEMATICS
Phone: (360) 659-5415 • Fax: (360) 653-5151
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HOMER
• Water & fuel delivery available on face
of dock
COMMERCIAL BARGE RAMP
• Paved ramp inside harbor basin; contact Harbormaster for Use Agreement,
wharfage, and landing fees
RATES
• $40.50/ft. per year plus $50 admin. fee;
contact Harbormaster for more info on
daily, monthly and semi-annual fees
AMENITIES
• 5-lane boat ramp, $13 per launch,
$130 launch pass
• 24-hr. security in harbor
• 6,000’ of transient float
• electricity
• fresh water
• laundry and shower facilities in town
and on Spit
• supplies & groceries available in town

Engine Parts
Hydraulics
HOMER!
907.235.8612
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For more information
call 1-800-842-5603
HOMER to HYDABURG
HAULOUTS
AIR TRANSPORT
• 200-ton commercial steel tidal grid
• private mobile crane available for
pulling engines and gear
• private 55’ travel lift a few minutes
steaming from harbor (picks 70 tons)
• 50-ton wood tidal grid
• daily flights
• Era Aviation..................... 800-866-8394
Hoonah Trading Fuel................. 945-3211
and VHF 11
Hill Fuel LLC.................... 907-945-3125 or
907-723-6035 (cell)
REPAIR FACILITIES
• Multitude of local businesses for
all marine repair needs; see Homer
Marine Trades for a current list at
www.homermarinetrades.com
EMERGENCY/MEDICAL FACILITIES
• 110-ft. Coast Guard rescue vessel,
Roanoke Island…907-235-5336
• Coast Guard Rescue; USCG Auxiliary,
Rescue 21 with safeboat rescue vessel
..........................................907-235-7277
• 180-ft. Coast Guard buoy tender
Hickory…907-235-5234
• Pollution Incidents: USCG MSD Homer
...................................... …907-235-3292
• dentists/doctors in town
• So. Peninsula Hospital ... 907-235-8101
SPECIAL EVENTS
• February: Winter Carnival
• March: Winter King Salmon
Tournament
• May: Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival
• May-September: Homer Jackpot
Halibut Derby
• May-September: Homer Shopping
Derby
• July 4th Parade & Annual Car/ATV
Raffle Kickoff
HOONAH
Port Office...........................907-945-3670
Port Fax............................... 907-945-3674
[email protected]
VHF Channels..........................16, 9 or 14
Fish & Wildlife Prot............907-945-3620
IN DEMAND MARINE, LLC
Hoonah Cold Storage...............945-3264
Huna Fish Company................. 957-2972
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Arlen Skaflestad
MOORAGE
• approx. 100 transients spaces
• berths 24’, 30’, 40’, 48’ and 62’
• space for up to 250’ transient
RATES
• approx. $.50/ft. up to 40’
• annual, $24/ft. plus tax
AMENITIES
• electricity available in stalls,
30 amp - $7.50 minimum
50 amp - $20 minimum
• pressure washer rental available
at harbor
• showers (metered), laundry
• winter water, year-round
fresh water
HAULOUTS
• 1 tidal grid, inner harbor
• dockside hoist
• 35-ton hydraulic trailer
• 220-ton capacity Travelift
REPAIR FACILITIES
• aluminum shop/divers available
• fiberglass repair
• general marine services/supply stores
• shipwright in town/2 portable welders
• Hoonah Med. Center.......907-945-3235
• health clinic; health technicians and
two physicians
• nearest hospital in Juneau
• search & rescue unit available
2355 KACHEMAK DR SUITE #101
HOMER, AK 99603
TEL - 907-235-3488 FAX- 907-235-5407
HYDABURG
Port Office........................... 907-285-3761
Port Fax...............................907-285-3670
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HYDABURG to JUNEAU
AT THE DOCK
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: vacant
• port manager: Guy Glenn Jr.
[email protected]
MOORAGE
• 70 berths
• limited dry space available
• room for 20-30 transients
RATES
• annually: $13/ft., prorated daily
or monthly
• subject to change
AMENITIES
• electricity and cable TV access
• waste oil/garbage holding
disposal cans
• crew licenses avail. at general store
• water avail. at dock/mooring floats
• grocery store, deli, gifts
• net mending on dock-mooring floats
• divers
• post office, church
HAULOUTS
• Tidal grid adjacent to boat harbor, up .
to 65’
• Air transport
AIR TRANSPORT
MOORAGE
• 800 berths
• transient berths
RATES
• Daily $13.00 to $21.75 depending on
length. 51’-75’ - $27.25, 76’ and up
$50.00.
• Monthly $8/ft. + tax
• Annual $25-$26/ft. + tax (commercial
rate)
AMENITIES
• bus service
• dockside motels
• electricity
• fresh water
• restrooms/public showers
• fuel dock
• garbage service
• shops/galleries
• pay phones
• restaurants
• back-in launch
• seafood stores
• Promech Airlines bush pilot service
• health clinic......................907-285-3462
• public safety officer...............................
...............907-285-3322 or 907-401-1249
• ambulance
• volunteer EMS squad 24 hrs./day
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Culture Camp at end of July 1
ILWACO
Port Office...........................360-642-3143
Port Fax...............................360-642-3148
www.portofilwaco.org
Fish & Game.......................360-976-3200
Ilwaco Fuel Dock.......................642-2435
Wilcox Oil..................................642-3231
Jessie’s Ilwaco Fish Co.............642-3773
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HAULOUTS
• 1 travel hoist, 50-ton
• 1 stationary hoist
REPAIR FACILITIES
JUNEAU
Harbor Office......................907-586-5255
Harbor Fax..........................907-586-2507
[email protected]
www.juneau.org/harbors
VHF Channels.............................. 73 & 16
Coast Guard...................... 800-478-5555
FUEL SUPPLIERS/PRIVATE MARINAS
(AREA CODE 907)
Tesoro Fuel Dock.......................586-2402
Delta Western Fuel....................586-2800
Donohue’s Marina.....................789-7851
Taku Oil Fuel Dock..................... 586-1276
Seadrome Marina..................... 463-8811
Fisherman’s Bend.....................789-7312
Alaska Seafood Co.....................780-5111
Jerry’s Meat & Sfds.................. 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
[email protected]
• self/full-service boatyard
AIR TRANSPORT
MOORAGE
• airport for small craft
• Coast Guard
• Ocean Beach Hospital
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Saturday market, May thru Sept.
• Blessing of the Fleet
• Loyalty Days
• Fireworks at the port in July
• Slow Drag in September
• check www.funbeach.com
• www.portofilwaco.com
Alaskan owned and
JUNEAU to KETCHIKAN
• 800’ transient moorage downtown
for vessels up to 250’/864 berths
•8
00’ deep-draft dock available with
three-phase power from Oct. 1
through April 30 in the downtown
area for over-winter moorage
• waiting list for berths: 45
PROCESSOR (TOLL-FREE)
• daily moorage rates and other
fees avail. on the web and in
PDF format
AMENITIES
• electricity year-round on all floats
• fresh water on all floats year-round
• ice/showers and laundry nearby
• pay phones and phone hookups
available
HAULOUTS
• 4 cranes total available on docks
• 240’ fisheries dock with 2 cranes
• addtl 180’ fisheries loading
dock w/2 cranes
• private haulouts available
• tidal grids at Harris Harbor
REPAIR FACILITIES
• minor repair available
AT THE DOCK
MOORAGE
• 90 berths
• inside portage
• transient berths only as necessary
• waiting list
• Bartlett Mem. Hosp......... 907-586-2611
• USCG dist HQ here; 45’ and 110’
search & rescue vessels; aircraft at Sitka
• private emergency care facility
AIR TRANSPORT
• daily flights/jet service
SPECIAL EVENTS
• 4th of July celebration
• Friday evening concerts in Marine Park
• March, statewide Folk Festival
• May, Juneau Jazz &
Classics Festival
• Juneau Maritime Festival, May 10th
KAKE
Portage Harbor...................907-785-3804
Harbor Fax.......................... 907-785-4815
VHF Channels............................ 16/CB 15
Police Department ........907-785-3393
• Harbormaster: 283-8240 x236
MOORAGE/RATES
• city mooring buoy in river: $10/day
• seasonal pass per boat:
$150/season
• current rates can be found on website
AMENITIES
RATES
• fuel, gas and diesel/water wash down
• fresh water/launch ramps
• restrooms
• 1 unloading crane
• daily: $0.30/ft.
• annually: $6/ft.
HAULOUTS
AMENITIES
• haulouts available at individual
processors & city dock via boat ramp
• hotels, rooms & showers, grocery
stores, laundromat
REPAIR FACILITIES
• tidal grids, 2 uptown and at Portage
• private boat yard between Kenai &
Soldotna can do alum. &
fiberglass repairs
REPAIR FACILITIES
• Gunnuck Creek Mechanics
• Coast Guard MSC....907-690-2098
• nearest Coast Guard base in Kodiak
• hospital in Soldotna, equipped
for general and some emergency
surgery
HAULOUTS
• ambulance and clinic (Kake EMS)
AT THE DOCK
Kake Foods Inc.................. 800-524-2487
• Harbormaster: Wilbur Brown Sr.
RATES
Ed’s Kasilof Sfds (Soldotna).....262-9572
Kake Tribal Fuel......................... 785-3601
AIR TRANSPORT
• Alaska Seaplanes
• several charters
KETCHIKAN
SPECIAL EVENTS
Port Office...........................907-228-5632
Port Fax............................... 907-247-3610
[email protected]
www.city.ketchikan.ak.us/ds/ph.html
VHF Channels.......... 16 or 73 (preferred)
CG Marine Safety...............907-225-4496
• Dog Salmon Festival, July
• 17th annual Culture Camp, July
KENAI
Port (summer only)............907-283-9538
City of Kenai.......................907-283-7535
City Fax............................... 907-283-3014
www.ci.kenai.ak.us
Snug Harbor Seafoods.............283-6122
Inlet Salmon Company.............283-9275
Salamatof Seafoods.................283-7000
Tras-Aqua Int.............................283-7322
Pacific Star Seafoods................283-7787
Cook Inlet Processing............... 776-8174
Copper River Seafoods (at dock).252-7485
Custom Sfd (Soldotna).............262-9691
Anderes Oil Co..........................225-2163
Petro Alaska............................... 225-1985
Petro Marine Services.............. 225-2106
Tesoro Alaska............................ 561-5521
AK General Seafoods...............225-2906
Blue Fin Seafoods.....................225-5328
EC Phillips & Son......................225-3121
Silver Lining Seafoods.............225-6664
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KETCHIKAN to KING COVE
AT THE DOCK
• Steve Corporon, Director of
Port and Harbors
• winter: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; summer:
6 a.m.-10 p.m.
MOORAGE
• 1,068 berths
• space for about 250 transients
• waiting list: 213
RATES
• daily electricity at $0.13/ft. per day
• port daily rates, $0.33 to $2.54/ft./day
• harbor daily rate $0.63/ft. per day;
30 and 90 day permits are available
at reduced rates;
• reserved moorage is $12.29/ft./6 mo.
inside city limits, $14.76/ft./6 mo.
outside city limits
AMENITIES
• 70’ x 90’ fishing gear repair float
at Bar Harbor
• electricity available at Captain B.H.
“Casey” Moran Harbor (formerly
City Float)
• fresh water available for all boats
• phone hookups available in
reserved moorage only
• pay phones at dock
• showers and laundry available
near Bar Harbor
• tidal grids (4); 3 at Thomas
Basin will handle boats up to 80’;
1 at Bar Harbor will handle up to 75’
REPAIR FACILITIES
• 2 repair yards available for
aluminum, glass, wood boats; also
a mobile welding service available
for dockside repair
• electronic, refrigeration, engine,
hydraulic repair services available
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Peter Pan Seafoods................... 497-2234
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Charles Mack
AIR TRANSPORT
• local flight services
SPECIAL EVENTS
• August Blueberry Festival,
225-3184 for more info
Advertise
in the
2015
[email protected]
• Coast Guard keeps 110’
Cape Nashaun in town, and one
47’ motor life boat and two 25’
Response (homeland security) boats
• Coast Guard; search & rescue, emergency
• Ketchikan General Hospital 225-5171;
Airlift N.W. to Seattle for severe emergency cases
• search & rescue aircraft from Sitka
• City of Ketchikan Fire Dept
(ambulance service) and H/V
Newell (fire boat)
Contact
Susan Chesney
206-463-4819
Alaskan owned and
Port Office........................... 907-497-2237
Port Fax............................... 907-497-2649
[email protected]
VHF Channel........................................... 6
MEDICAL/RESCUE (AREA CODE 907)
HAULOUTS
• dry dock at local yard
• haulout at marina in Refuge Cove
• marine ways and travel lifts
available at repair yards
KING COVE
MOORAGE
• 3,600 sq. ft. harbor cargo warehouse/86 berths
• 1,500’ transient moorage space
• 4 acres of crab pot storage
• city ferry & freight dock
• processor dock handles cargo
• upland and warehouse storage
RATES
• call for rates
• crab pots: $0.25/month per pot;
$1.50/pot over dock
• wharfage all city docks, $4/ton
AMENITIES
• churches/taxis/12-room motel
• restaurants and bars/AA meetings
• community library/rec. programs
• electricity, water available
• one general store/marine supplies
• processor has store and cafeteria
Two good harbors run by
the good people of King Cove.
Ask us what’s new!
• Permanent & transient
moorage
• 150-ton haulout
• New harbor house/cargo
warehouse
• Three phase shore power
to new harbor
• Shower
• Uplands boat storage
• Deep water dock
• 30-foot draft at dock face
• Weekly barge
• Freight handling
• Support services
• Crab pot storage
Good Rates!
Phone: 907-497-2237
Fax: 907-497-2649
Monitor: VHF 6
Email: [email protected]
KING COVE to KODIAK
• vehicle rentals
• container handling up to
80,000 lbs.; 3 new acres for storage
HAULOUTS
• forklift and other heavy equipment
• tidal grid up to 80’ capacity
REPAIR FACILITIES
• short-term storage on land for staging
of fishing gear and equipment
• 925’ blacktop stage area,
Pier II Fisherman Terminal
• complete web-mending areas
• laundry/pay phones/public restrooms
HAULOUTS
AIR TRANSPORT
• 600-ton lift and boatyard
• tidal grid up to 350 tons
• travel lifts available for
• service 6 days/week to and
from Anchorage
REPAIR FACILITIES
AMENITIES
• fiberglass/carpentry/welding
vessels under 150 tons
• boatyard at north end of town
available for aluminum, glass,
wood; lifting capacity 150-200 tons
• Coast Guard station is main
base for central and western
Alaska; equipped with numerous
search & rescue vessels, air
station
• dentist in town
• fire dept................................... 497-2555
• King Cove Med. Clinic.............497-2311
• police (non-emerg.)................ 497-2210
• EMT rescue squad/health clinic
• emergency MedEvacs available
• nearest hospital in Anchorage
• volunteer fire dept. and 24’ rescue boat
KODIAK
Harbormaster’s Office.......907-486-8080
Wireless Matrix.............................. #6926
Port Fax...............................907-486-8090
[email protected]
www.city.kodiak.ak.us/harbor
VHF Channels.............................. 12 & 16
USCG Marine Safety......... 907-486-5918
Fish & Game....................... 907-486-1830
Kodiak Oil.................... 486-3245, VHF 16
Petro Marine................ 486-3421, VHF 10
Alaska Fresh Seafoods............. 486-5749
Alaska Pacific Seafoods...........486-3234
Global Seafoods.......................486-0355
Island Seafoods........................486-8575
Ocean Beauty............................486-5791
Western Alaska Fisheries......... 486-4112
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Lon White
MOORAGE
• over 600 berths for vessels up to 150’
• t ransients: 3 piers for larger vessels,
2 docks at harbor for unloading gear
24 HOUR
SERVICE
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KODIAK to LA CONNER
• hospital (486-3281 or 486-9595): 25
beds, intensive care, equipped for
general and some emergency surgery;
Jetair to Anchorage
AIR TRANSPORT
• Era Airlines
• Alaska Airlines
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Crab Festival last week of May
• July 4 celebration
•L
abor Day weekend: Alaska State Fair
and Rodeo. For more info: 486-5557
• Comfish, mid-March
Spring of 2015
LA CONNER
(Port of Skagit County)
Marina................................. 360-466-3118
Port Fax............................... 360-466-3119
www.portofskagit.com
VHF Channel...................................... 66A
Fish & Game.......................206-976-3200
La Conner Landing...................466-4478
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Chris Carlile
MOORAGE
• 2 – 2,400’ docks for transients
• waiting list
• 360 covered berths, 130 open
• storage on land for 178 boats open
Supplying the Ultimate
Trawl Gear and
Services to Alaska
Fishing Communities.
RATES
• daily: $1/ft., $.80/ft. Oct. 1 - Apr. 30
• monthly: open, $5.87 - $8.87
• monthly: covered, $7.70 - $13.57
• annual: monthly rate x 12
AMENITIES
• electricity/fresh water/showers
• pay phones nearby/laundry
• gas/diesel/propane
NET Systems, Inc
Kodiak Branch, 325 Shelikof St.
Kodiak, AK 99615
Ph: 907.486.5350
Fax: 907.486.2655
[email protected]
Alaskan owned and
HAULOUTS
• 50-ton/110-ton nearby
• forklift at harbor with 5.5-ton capacity
FLY KODIAK SHIPYARD
In Kodiak it’s as easy as boarding a plane...without
the security hassle.
Kodiak’s massive lift and slings makes it as simple and
safe as adjusting your seatbelt. Fits boats
up to 42 feet wide and 660 tons!
After the flight, Kodiak’s tradesmen can do the work,
or you can save money and time by doing it yourself.
To schedule your flight, please contact an agent at (907) 486-8080. Find more
details and a vendor list at www.kodiakshipyard.com. Some restrictions may apply.
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LA CONNER to NAKNEK-KING SALMON
REPAIR FACILITIES
• engine shop/repair yards
• medical center.................360-466-3136
• health clinic; nearest hospital
in Mount Vernon
• nearest Coast Guard facility,
Bellingham
AIR TRANSPORT
tournament, canoe races, food,
music, fireworks show
• Elders Week Celebration - March
AT THE DOCK
METLAKATLA
MOORAGE
Harbor.................................907-886-4646
Harbor Fax..........................907-886-7997
VHF Channels.............................. 16 & 80
Fish & Game (Ketchikan) ... 907-225-5195
• February, Smelt Derby
• April, Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
• August, Classic Boat Show
LA PUSH
(Quileute Marina)
Port Office...........................360-374-5392
Port Fax............................... 360-374-6311
VHF Channel......................................... 80
Fish & Game.......................206-976-3200
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Arnold Black, Jr.
• no moorings/no anchorage
• dry-land storage
RATES
(subject to change)
Annette Is. Cold Storage..........886-4661
• district berths: available to 100’+
• $0.85/ft./night for transient
• $10.80/temporary vessels including
amenity fee
• $6.80/ft./mo. for assigned
vessels, plus amenity fee of $47 amenity fee
• 3% off for 3 months paid in advance
• permanent slips available
AT THE DOCK
AMENITIES
• Harbormaster: Bruce W. Guthrie Sr.
• fuel dock/groceries/laundromat
• yacht club/post office/showers
• 6-lane launch ramps
• liquor store/restaurants/restrooms
• party boats/6-pack fishing/
whale watching/picnic tables
• bilge/sewage pumpout/
waste oil facility
• BBQs/playground
• kayak rentals
• RV park
• fresh fish sales off boats
• Skagit Regional Airport, 8 miles
SPECIAL EVENTS
• General Manager/harbormaster:
Linda G. McIntyre
Annette Is. Gas Services..........886-7851
MOORAGE
• 4 transient berths/180 berths
• private dry-land storage available
RATES
• daily: $5 & $10/day, depending on size
• annually: $5.50/ft.
AMENITIES
• transient berths
• 96 slips
• electricity: $5/day for visitors
• fresh water
• pay phone at grocery store
• police station
AMENITIES
HAULOUTS
REPAIR FACILITIES
• electricity/fresh water/mini-stations
• pay phones at local store and resorts
• showers, public restrooms, laundry
room (@ R.V. Park & Store)
• sewage pumpout
• new boat ramp
• new fuel system, waste-oil facility
• dock carts
• Lonesome Creek Store
• Ocean Park Resort (beach front
cabins, hotel, campgrounds)
• River’s Edge Restaurant
• 3 tidal grids available
• marine railways at Annette Is. Packing
• contact: Harbor Office
• electronics/hydraulics
• stainless welder
MOORAGE
HAULOUTS
• ramp
• Coast Guard, Quillayute River Station
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Quileute Days in July; baseball
AIR TRANSPORT
HAULOUTS
AIR TRANSPORT
• Pacific Air and Promech Air
• Monterey Peninsula Airport, jet service
• Watsonville, small planes only
• Annette Island Service Unit
• Metlakatla Volunteer Fire Dept.
• Salinas Valley Memorial......... 757-4333
• Community Hospital.............. 624-5311
• Coast Guard............................ 647-7303
• Watsonville Community
Hospital................................... 724-4741
MOSS
LANDING
Harbor Operations.............831-633-2461
Port Fax...............................831-633-4537
[email protected]
www.mosslandingharbor.dst.ca.us
VHF Channels................................ 9 & 16
NAKNEK/
KING SALMON
Port Office........................... 907-246-6168
Port Fax...............................907-246-3493
[email protected]
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NAKNEK-KING SALMON to NEAH BAY
http://www.bristolbayboroughak.us/ adminstration/port/index.html
VHF Channel......................................... 12
Fish & Game.......................907-246-3341
Bristol Bay Contractors............246-3360
Crowley Marine Services.........246-4421
Worldwide Fuel.........................246-3835
Alaska General Sfds.................246-4285
Ocean Beauty............................246-8660
Pederson Point (NPPI)..............246-4461
Peter Pan Seafoods...................246-4227
Red Salmon/Wards Cove..........246-4295
Trident Sfds (Naknek)...............246-4275
Trident Sfds (S. Naknek)........... 246-6510
Unisea........................................246-3328
• commercial ice machine
• convenient access to supplies,
groceries, restaurants, bars, hotels,
repairs, showers, laundry, public
swimming pool & other recreation
• electricity/fresh water/pay phones
• limited parking/restrooms/fish grinder
HAULOUTS
• 300-ton, 140 ton cranes, boom truck;
2.5 ton to 43 ton forklifts
• private locations at storage
• public boat ramp
REPAIR FACILITIES
NEAH BAY
(Makah Marina)
Port Office...........................360-645-3015
Port Fax...............................360-645-3016
Tribal Center.......................360-645-2201
www.makah.com
VHF Channels.................................. 16/66
Fish & Game.......................206-976-3200
Makah Fuel................................ 645-2749
Big Salmon Resort.................... 645-2374
•b
usinesses located in town for repairs
High Tide Seafoods...................645-2189
• port foreman: Robert McDermott
• Naknek Clinic
• Coast Guard services
• native health clinic in Naknek,
King Salmon and South Naknek
• police, ambulance, fire dept.
• state troopers
MOORAGE
AIR TRANSPORT
RATES
• No berths; dock moorage $20/day,
$250/ season for boats up to 32’
• mainly a freight facility; major port
for Northland Services Inc.
• lighterage also available from
several Bristol Bay companies
• charter service available at
Naknek field
• daily commuter flights to
surrounding villages
• daily flights by Pen Air,
Reeve Air & Alaska Airlines
•d
aily/monthly/annual rates available
AMENITIES
SPECIAL EVENTS
• cargo/freight shipping & receiving,
including vessels & gear avail. to/from:
Western Alaska, Anchorage, Seattle,
Dutch Harbor & Japan
• annual Fishtival Celebration at
the end of the fishing season
AT THE DOCK
Harris ElEctric Bristol Bay
C/O NakNek MariNe CeNter
NakNek, ak 99633
tel: 907-246-4493 (seasonal)
Fax: 907-246-6284
Marine Electronic Sales & Service
From
Gilnetters to Factory Trawlers
Proudly Serving
Naknek/King Cove
For Over 30 Years
Gear go to:
• Gillnetters
• Longliners
Authorized
Garmin
Dealer
• Seiners
• Crabbers
Authorized
Furuno
• Factory
TrawlersDealer
KINEMATICS
We build equipment that meets Ul, american Bureau
of shipping and Us Coast Guard standards.
Phone: (360) 659-5415 • Fax: (360) 653-5151
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AT THE DOCK
• port director: Bob Buckingham
MOORAGE
• 200 berths/year-round
AMENITIES
• water/general store/electricity
• pumpouts
• cultural museum.................... 645-2711
• U.S. Post Office.......................645-2325
• camping & hookups available
• waterfront espresso and ice cream
• local cafes, pizza shops, and
gift/clothing shops
HAULOUTS
• tidal grid handles up to 58’ limit seiners
• local Coast Guard...................645-2236
• Neah Bay Police...................... 645-2701
• Public Health Clinic.................645-2233
• helicopter and ambulance
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Makah Days Celebration (grand
parade, street fair, canoe races, tra–
ditional “slahal” games, dancing,
singing, feasting, a spectacular fire works show and more!); 3rd or 4th
weekend in August
NEWPORT to PELICAN
NEWPORT
Port Office...........................541-265-7758
Port Fax...............................541-265-4235
www.portofnewport.com
VHF Channel......................................... 12
Fish & Wildlife.................... 541-867-4741
Carson Oil..................................336-2512
Port Dock 5 Fuel Dock...............265-6923
Hockema Coast Oil....................265-5111
PMK Distributing.......................335-3836
Pacific Shrimp Company..........265-4215
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Kevin Bryant
MOORAGE
• 250 berths — vessels up to 110’
REPAIR FACILITIES
HAULOUTS
• Riverbend Moorage
• Yaquina Boat Equipment
• Port of Toledo Boat Yard
• Kevin Hill Marine
• crane available intermittently
• TSR-907.434.1516
REPAIR FACILITIES
• some repair shops/welding
• Pacific Comm. Hosp........541-265-2244
• U.S. Coast Guard.............541-265-5381
• Pacific West Ambulance......541-265-3175
AIR TRANSPORT
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Blessing of the Fleet — March
• Loyalty Day & Sea Fair
Festival — first weekend of May
• Seafood & Wine Festival, last
weekend of February
• Microbrew Festival — October
• HMS SeaFest — June
• Newport Wild Seafood Weekend - 1st
weekend after Labor Day
• fire/ambulance..................................911
• Norton Sound Hosp........ 907-443-3311
NOME
• Alaska Airlines daily to Anchorage
• daily flights to surrounding villages
PELICAN
Pelican, City of...................907-735-2202
Port Fax...............................907-735-2258
[email protected]
www.pelican.net
VHF Channels.............................. 16 & 10
Fish & Game (Douglas).... 907-465-4250
AMENITIES
Port Office........................... 907-443-6619
Port Fax...............................907-443-5473
[email protected]
www.nomealaska.org
VHF Channels.........................10, 12 & 16
Fish & Game....................... 907-443-5167
• electricity/fresh water/gear lot/phones/
restrooms/service dock/showers
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Anthony Hieber
HOIST DOCK SERVICES
Bonanza Fuel.............................443-2561
Crowley Marine Services......... 443-2219
• 4 dock hoists
• 2 forklifts
RATES
•d
aily/monthly/annual rates available
pot launchers, crab blocks, trawl winches, net reels
- Dockside Conversions and Repairs
- Suppliers of KYB Motors, Rotzler Winches
Stocking Distributor
of HydroControl
Marinized Valves
508 Butler Bridge Road, Toledo, Or 97391
Phone: 541-336-5593 • Fax: 541-336-5156 • 1-800-923-3625
Pelican Fuel Dock...................... 735-2211
Pelican Seafoods......................735-2204
Seafood Producers Coop..........747-5811
MOORAGE
• Norton Sound Sfd Prod..........443-2304
• 98 berths, all berthing permanent
• transient space available at dock
AT THE DOCK
RATES
• Harbormaster: Lucas Stotts
[email protected]
• daily/seasonal rates available
depending on length
• electricity: inquire with
Harbormaster/city hall
MOORAGE
- Manufacturers of Hydraulic Deck Equipment
• 2 docking facilities along causeway
• flat rates-vessels stored Nov-May
• moorage available at inner harbor
• on arrangement with Harbormaster
• storage on land, $0.058/sq. ft./wk.
RATES
• daily: up to 200’, $1.155/ft. ; over 200’,
$1.733/ft.
AMENITIES
• fuel delivered by truck
• fresh water available
AMENITIES
• fresh water
• restaurant, bar & grills, library
• Ice
• Laundromat and showers
• U.S. Post Office
• Internet
HAULOUTS
• 2 tidal grids for boats up to 50’
• dockside hoist at cold storage
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MARINE REPAIR FACILITIES
• Terry’s Marine Repair..............735-2233
• 21’ search & rescue vessel
• call 911; nearest hospital Sitka
or Juneau
• Coast Guard surface vessels in
Juneau and aircraft in Sitka
• Pelican Health Clinic...............735-2250
Northern Lights Smokeries......772-4608
Ocean Beauty Seafoods...........772-4242
Alaska Longline Co...................772-4835
Petersburg Fisheries.................772-4294
Tonka Seafoods.........................772-3662
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Glorianne Wollen
• harbor office open 24 hrs
HAULOUTS
MOORAGE
• floatplanes only
• 600 berths
• 105 transient spaces
• 75 on waiting list
• storage on land, $0.24/sq. ft.
• Memorial Day celebration
• Boardwalk Shuffle, May
• Blessing of the Fleet, May
• Salmon Derby
PETERSBURG
AMENITIES
• electricity at berths over 17’
• fresh water at loading zones
• laundry in town/pay phone
• showers at harbor
AIR TRANSPORT
SPECIAL EVENTS
• grid fees: $0.60/ft. on wood grid;
$0.96/ft. on steel grid
RATES
• transient moorage: $0.50/ft./day;
$5.00/ft./mo.
• annual: monthly rate x 12
• 5-ton and 2.5-ton crane at city
dock, $30/hr.
• 120’ dock with 5-ton hoist for
loading and unloading
• 200’ work float
• marine railway (up to 300 tons)
and floating dry dock (up to 38’) at
local shipwright
• private travel lift outside boat harbor
• tidal grids 2 will handle up to 200 tons
REPAIR FACILITIES
• 180’ x 16’ float for working on gear
• local shipwrights provide dockside
welding & repair facilities for
steel, aluminum, fiberglass & wood
•m
achine shops and electronic repairs
Port Office...........................907-772-4688
Port Fax...............................907-772-4687
[email protected]
petersburg.org/visitors/ports.html
VHF Channels................................ 9 & 16
USCG Anacapa..................907-772-4235
Fish & Game....................... 907-772-3801
Petro Marine................................. VHF 16
..........................................907-772-4251
• Petersburg Hospital.........907-772-4291
• 2 dentists in town
• 110’ Coast Guard patrol boat and
65’ boat; aircraft in Sitka
• Petersburg Hospital will stabilize
emergency cases and MedEvac to
Seattle or Juneau
AIR TRANSPORT
Coastal Cold Storage................772-4177
• jet service from Seattle
• runway with daily flights
Sales, Trades or 1031 Exchanges
Proudly Serving Petersburg
For Over 30 Years
Gear go to:
Alaskan owned and
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KINEMATICS
Phone: (360) 659-5415 • Fax: (360) 653-5151
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SPECIAL EVENTS
• Norwegian Festival — May
• King Salmon Derby; tagged
fish worth $10,000 — May
• Octoberfest
PORT ANGELES
Port Office...........................360-457-4505
Port Fax...............................360-457-4921
Fish & Game.......................206-976-3200
Elwha Fish Company................ 457-3344
PORT ANGELES to PORT TOWNSEND
High Tide Seafoods...................452-8488
MOORAGE
FUEL SUPPLIER
• 30 transients; 500 berths
• dry storage: 30 boats
Port Angeles Marine................. 457-4505
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Chuck Faires
RATES
• Transient moorage:
Less than 75’, $0.80/lf/day
Greater than 75’, $1.10/lf/day
www.PLATYPUSMARINE.com
70,000 sq. ft. Enclosed & Heated
Full Service Shipyard
(360) 417-0709 [email protected]
Innovative Solutions in Refits Repairs Service New Construction
• Permanent moorage:
20-ft. slip, $5.56/lf/mo.
60+ft. slip, $7.66/lf/mo.
AMENITIES
• diesel fuel & gas; laundry nearby
• electricity, fresh water, showers
• pay phones nearby; some floats
have hookup capability
• 30, 50 & 100 amp shore power
• free wi-fi
HAULOUTS
• dockside hoist, 4,000-lb. capacity
• travel lift to 75 tons
• Platypus Marine, Inc. (360) 417-0709,
up to 330 tons
REPAIR FACILITIES
• several private shops can repair aluminum, glass, wood, engines, electronics
BULBOUS BOWS HULL EXTENSIONS ROLLING CHOCKS FISH HOLDS BOTTOM PAINTING
CUSTOM FABRICATION & REPAIR IN STEEL STAINLESS ALUMINUM FIBERGLASS WOOD
FOUR ACRE WATERFRONT FACILITY SERVICING VESSELS FROM 30’ TO 300 TONS
The Pacific Northwest’s Choice For Excellence
Port Angeles, WA
Seattle
Fishermen’s
Memorial
• Olympic Mem. Hospital.........417-7000
• Coast Guard air station and several
vessels from 41’ to 210’
AIR TRANSPORT
PORT
TOWNSEND
Port Office.......................... 800-228-2803
Port Fax...............................360-385-3988
[email protected]
www.portofpt.com
VHF Channels......................66A, 09 & 16
Fish & Game.......................206-976-3200
New Day Fisheries....................385-4600
AT THE DOCK
206.782.6577
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• Harbormaster: Ken Radon
(operations manager)
MOORAGE
• 4 public yards can store 200
boats on land
• 400 berths
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PORT TOWNSEND to SAND POINT
• waitlist for 30’, 35’, 40’, 45’ & 50’ slips
RATES
Snopac Products (seasonal)... 859-CRAB
Bluewave (seasonal).................859-2441
AT THE DOCK
North Pacific Fuel...................... 546-3145
Delta Fuel...................................546-2404
• monthly: $5-5.36/ft. + leasehold
tax (permanent tenants)
• dry storage: $0.30/ft. per day;
see Harbormaster for winter
dry storage and haulout fees
AMENITIES
• electricity
• fresh water
• pay phones, hookups at
permanent berths
• restaurants nearby
• sewage pumpout
• fuel dock
• showers/laundry
• grocery nearby
• Harbormaster: Alvin Merculief
MOORAGE
• 3 docks, 60’, 75’ and 250’
• “square miles” of all-purpose
storage adjacent to port, call St.
George Tanaq Corp. (907) 859-2255
• 2 newer docks, by St. GeoTanag Corp.
Icicle Seafoods..........................546-2540
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Jason Merculief
[email protected]
RATES
MOORAGE
• 2 hr. free period for fueling
• cargo barge: $0.23 per hr.
• vessels 150’ and less, $0.15 per hr.;
greater than 150’, $0.18 per hr.
• TDX dock, 300’/2 city docks, 100’ & 200’
• storage on land, open and covered
HAULOUTS
AMENITIES
• 3 travel lifts, 70, 75 and 300 tons
• private mobile crane for engines and
gear
• high pressure wash down
• 1 store in town/acres of pot storage
• electricity/hotel/marine fuel
• pay phones/water service (VHF Ch. 9)
• diving services available
• Bone’s Diving .........................859-2204
• water & fish waste outfall — all docks
REPAIR FACILITIES
RATES
0’-100......................... $160/12-hr. period
101’-125’.................... $200/12-hr. period
126’-150’.................... $235/12-hr. period
151’-175’.....................$310/12-hr. period
176’-200’.................... $350/12-hr. period
201’-225’.................... $395/12-hr. period
226’+......................... $450/12-hr. period
AMENITIES
• about 100 private businesses will
repair aluminum, glass, wood,
steel; also engines and electronics
HAULOUTS
• boat ramp
• electricity/water at South Dock
• fuel & water at both city docks
REPAIR FACILITIES
HAULOUTS
• Coast Guard has one 80’ vessel moored
• Jefferson Gen. Hosp....... 360-385-2200
emergency/general surgery, will
stabilize and evacuate severe cases
• boat repair — hydraulics, diesel,
diving, welding: contact harbor
• TDX Corp, small boats only, 32’
AIR TRANSPORT
SPECIAL EVENTS
• airport next to harbor-5,000’ runway
• air freight 3x/week, No. Air (cargo)
• airport terminal & weather station
• Peninsula Air, nonstop to and
from Anchorage 3x/week
• Ace Cargo (weekdays)
• Wooden Boat Festival, 2nd
weekend in September
AIR TRANSPORT
• light plane runway with daily flights
SAINT GEORGE
City.................................907-859-2263 x5
and/or..................................907-859-2261
City Fax............................... 907-859-2212
VHF Channels.......................... 9, 12 & 16
Fish & Game (Dutch H)...... 907-581-1239
St. George Delta Fuel...............859-2456
or VHF 68
66
• St. George Island Clinic.........859-2254
• 24 hr. on-call ETT
• fully equipped clinic
• nearest search and rescue: Kodiak
• VPSO: Charles Ward...............859-2415
Mike Lejaraza
SAINT PAUL
Port Office........................... 907-546-3140
Port Fax...............................907-546-2451
VHF Channel......................................... 16
REPAIR FACILITIES
• service everything from aluminum
to generators; contact harbor
AIR TRANSPORT
• daily flights/Penn Air
• daily Ace Cargo
• CG loran station (not a rescue base)
• Dept. of Public Safety
• St. Paul Clinic................... 907-546-2310
SAND POINT
Harbor.................................907-383-2331
Fax....................................... 907-383-5611
VHF Channels................................ 6 & 16
Fish & Game (Summer)... 907-383-2066
SAND POINT to SEATTLE
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Richard Kochuten Sr.
Clipper Yacht Co. (Sausalito) 332-3500
San Francisco Marine...............673-2928
MOORAGE
• 148 berths/200’ dock
• 2,000 feet of space for transients
• storage on land
RATES
• daily rates: $7 to $70/day
(dep. on length)
AMENITIES
• ice and fuel at Trident
• pay phones at harbor
• storage space for approx.
75 boats, 40’ & under
• some space for work on 58’
& under boats
• 2 marine supply stores
• 4 restaurants, 20-room hotel, bar
• electricity, fresh water at floats
• laundry nearby, showers
• one general store, specialty shops
• wireless Internet service at floats
HAULOUTS
• 1 public launch ramp
• 200’ ferry dock
• privately owned mobile cranes
available for engines and gear
• tidal grid will handle up to 100’ boat
• travel lift will handle up to 150 tons
REPAIR FACILITIES
• fiberglass repair; carpenter shop
• marine electronics repair (seasonal)
• sm. engine repair, two welding shops
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormasters........................ 274-0513
- Demetri Amaro
[email protected]
- Joseph Reilly
[email protected]
- Anita Yao
[email protected]
MOORAGE
PROCESSORS
• 115 berths, seasonal and long-term
• marina (62 additional berths)
• 1,400’ transient moorage
• gear storage/waiting list: long term
ADF Inc...............................206-784-5170
Alaska Fresh Seafoods......206-285-2412
Aleutian Spray Fisheries.. 206-784-5000
All Alaskan Seafoods........ 206-285-8200
American Seafoods.......... 206-448-0300
• Old harbor:
daily transient: $0.46/ft./day
monthly transient: $210
permanent berth: $1.88 ft./mo.
• New harbor:
daily transient: $0.59/ft.
monthly/permanent: $5.18 ft./mo.
AMENITIES
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• fuel dock w/water, ice available
• oil & filter recycle, hotels,
restaurants
ELECTRONIC CHARTS COMpANy., INC
4039 21st Ave West #302
Seattle, WA 98199
206-282-4990 Fax: 206-282-7088
800-488-3459
email: [email protected]
www.electroniccharts.com
HAULOUTS
• 1 public launch ramp; 2 private
dry docks
• private hoists
REPAIR FACILITIES
• 1 private yard, others in area
• numerous marine services
• Pen Air 7 days/wk to Anchorage
• AK-Central Express (cargo)
AIR TRANSPORT
• numerous private municipal fields
• San Francisco and Oakland airports
• health clinic...................... 907-383-3151
• nearest hospital: Anchorage
Port Offices.........................415-274-0533
Port Fax...............................415-274-0628
www.sfport.com
VHF Channels.............................. 16 & 80
USCG..................................415-399-3451
Fish & Game.......................650-688-6340
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
RATES
AIR TRANSPORT
SAN FRANCISCO
www.portseattle.org
VHF Channel......................................... 17
Fish & Game.......................206-976-3200
[email protected]
Tohatsu • Achillies • A.B. • Aqua Pro
PROUDLY SERVING THE INDUSTRY
SINCE 1988
• numerous hospitals and clinics
• CG/Vessel Assist Program
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Blessing of the Fleet — Oct.
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SEATTLE
BALLARD INFLATABLE BOATS
Fishermen’s Terminal.........206-787-3395
Terminal Fax.......................206-787-3393
PH:
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(206) 784-4014 •
FAX:
(206) 784-5547
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SEATTLE
Arrowac Fisheries..............206-282-5655
Besecker, Dana F. Co..........206-232-5040
Blue Wave Sfds/7 Seas......206-448-3107
Clipper Seafoods Ltd......... 206-284-1162
Cook Inlet Processing........206-789-7255
Crown Fisheries Ltd...........206-789-6330
Deep Sea Fisheries Inc......425-742-5562
Golden Alaska Sfds........... 206-441-1990
Golden Shamrock Inc........206-282-5825
Icicle Seafoods...................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 Seafds....... 206-285-6800
Ocean Fresh Seafds...........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 Sfds...........206-286-8584
Regal Fish...........................206-283-0224
Sea Freeze Sfd Proc........... 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 Ctr, 206-787-3395
manager: Kenneth Lyles
MOORAGE
• 300 berths
• 2,500’ of loading dock available;
schedule use through terminal office
• freshwater moorage for fishing
vessels ranging from 27-300’
• large vessel moorage available
at other port facilities
• over 300 spaces for transients
• 5000’ linear dock available
RATES
• daily/monthly for active fishing
vessels, varies by size: 30-79’,
80-125’, and over 125’
• daily/monthly for commercial
vessels, varies by size: 30-79’,
80-125’, and over 125’
• daily/monthly for non-commercial
vessels, varies by size
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4020 23rd Avenue West
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Phone: 206-282-8080
FAx: 206-284-3187
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• crab pot lifters
• dockside hoist
• electricity & water at all docks
• forklifts
• mobile power blocks
• net repair areas
• pay phones nearby
• recycling programs for nets, scrap
metal and cardboard
• retail and restaurant tenants onsite
• short-term crab pot storage
• short-term gear staging
• showers and laundry at
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• now accepting commercial vessels
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SPECIAL EVENTS
AIR TRANSPORT
MOORAGE
• Blessing of the Fleet
• Seattle Fishermen’s Memorial
Ceremony: 1st Sunday in May
• Fishermen’s Fall Festival: mid-Sept.
• Pacific Marine Expo
• float plane dock
• Homer Air and Smoky Bay Air
SELDOVIA
Port Office........................... 907-224-3138
Port Fax:.............................. 907-224-7187
[email protected]
www.cityofseward.net/harbor
VHF Channel......................................... 17
USCG Marine Safety.........907-271-6700
USCG Mustang..................907-224-5202
Fish & Game.......................907-224-3935
• 668 berths
• 4,374 linear feet for transients
• other docks outside harbor
• 5 year wait, 40’ berths; 7 year, 75’
• storage on land for vessels up
to 250 tons: $10 per day,
$310/month for 100’
Port Office...........................907-234-7886
Port Fax............................... 907-234-7430
[email protected]
[email protected]
VHF Channels.............................. 16 & 10
Fish & Game (Homer)........ 907-235-8191
Seldovia Fuel and Lube............ 234-7622
..................................... VHF Channel 16
AT THE DOCK
•Harbormaster: Layla Jandt-Pederson
MOORAGE
• 125’ city dock space for transients,
plus space in Kachemak Bay
• 149 berths at small boat harbor
RATES: PAID IN ADVANCE
• daily: $0.94/ft. or stall length
• monthly: $5.25/ft./annual: $17.95/ft.
• 6-mo. rate: $13.86/ft. or stall length
AMENITIES
SEWARD
HAULOUTS
Resurrection Bay Sfds..............224-3366
Seward Fisheries......................224-3381
Polar Seafoods..........................224-7066
• 5,000-ton Syncrolift for vessels up to 300’
• dockside hoist for engines and gear
AT THE DOCK
•Harbormaster: Mack Funk 224-3138
Seattle
Fishermen’s
Memorial
• haulout and wash down facility
• 1 tidal grids, capacity 80’
• dry dock storage area
REPAIR FACILITIES
• minor repairs in town, major in Homer
70
AMENITIES
Shoreside Petroleum Inc..........224-8040
HAULOUTS
• Seldovia Health Clinic.....907-234-7825
• Maritime Emergency...... 800-478-5555
• Volunteer Fire Dept
(Emergency).........911 or 907-234-7812
• nearest USCG facilities in Homer
• nearest hospital in Homer
• daily: $0.70/ft. plus 7% sales tax
• annual, semi-annual and
quarterly rates available
• fresh water
• showers at Harbormaster office
• laundry nearby
• 2 launch ramps
• nearby restaurants, bars, hotels
• haulout and wash down facility
• fenced vessel storage
• laundry in town/showers
• pay phone at harbor office building
• nearby restaurants
RATES
206.782.6577
SEWARD to SKAGWAY
REPAIR FACILITIES
SPECIAL EVENTS
• available for aluminum, glass,
wood; engine repair
• boat owners may do their own
repair or hire service at city haulout
yard, except on the Syncrolift
•M
t. Marathon 3 mile race, 4th of July
• Halibut Derby in June
• Silver Salmon Derby, starts
2nd Saturday in August
AIR TRANSPORT
• runway with chartered flights
• ambulance service, EMTs
• Coast Guard base with 110’
patrol boat - Mustang
• dentist in town
• Providence Seward (907-224-5205):
MedEvac to Anchorage available
• LifeFlight: 800-478-9111
SITKA
Harbor Dept........................ 907-747-3439
Harbor Fax:......................... 907-747-6278
www.cityofsitka.com
VHF Channel......................................... 16
Air Station (Emrgcy).......... 907-966-5401
Commercial Fish Dev........ 907-747-6688
Halibut Point Marine Services. 747-4999
RONALD E. LONG
MARINE SURVEYS
• Surveys, Consulting,
Project Management,
Regulatory Compliance
Ultrasonic testing
• All Alaska Ports
United States Surveyors Association
American Boat and Yacht Council
Society of Naval Architects
and Marine Engineers
P.O Box 2464 • Seward, AK 99664
(907) 224-7068 • FAX (907) 224-5707
[email protected]
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Stan Eliason,
[email protected]
Deputy harbormaster: Charles Hackett
Alaska Bounty Seafoods..........966-2927
Seafood Producers Co-op.........747-5811
Sitka Sound Seafoods.............. 747-6662
Silver Bay Seafoods..................996-3110
MOORAGE
• no public storage on land, but
commercial yard will store boats
• private 400-ton floating dry dock
• all berths assigned by
Seward Terminal
Cordova
Division
harbormaster: 1st-come, 1st-served
• Halibut Point Marine Services has
floating deep water dock capable of
accommodating cruise ships and larger fish processors
RATES
• 30 day permit fee: $14.94/ft. up to 150’;
$22.41/ft. 151’ plus
• Reserved moorage: $2.50/ft/day.
100’-150’ end ties. May 1-Sept. 1.
• waitlist and permanent moorage is
$2.80/ft. per month, billed quarterly
• daily: $0.87/ft. per day up to 80’;
$1.49 per foot per day 81’ to 150’;
$2.24 per foot per day 151’ and above
AMENITIES
• fresh water; laundry and showers nearby
• 3,000’ for transients
• 1,317 berths
• work float with power
HAULOUTS
• 88-ton travel lift available at
commercial yard
• tidal grids (4) will handle up to
58’ limit seiners
REPAIR FACILITIES
• 2 repair yards for alum/glass/wood
AIR TRANSPORT
• Coast Guard has a station with H-3
helicopters and a buoy tender
• Sitka Comm. Hospital........... 747-3241:
can handle routine and some
emergency surgery
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Alaska Day, October
• Salmon Derby, May-June
SKAGWAY
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•MobilLubricants
Filters
•Petroleum
Equipment
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•FPPFFuel
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(907)
Additives
224-8040
VHF Channel
16
(907)
424-3264
VHF Channel 16
Alaskan owned and
Small Boat Harbor.............907-983-2628
Port Fax...............................907-983-3087
VHF Channels...........................16/work 9
71
SKAGWAY to THORNE BAY
Petro Marine..............................983-2259
• clinic with 2 physicians’ assistants
• dentist available every 6-8 weeks
• volunteer EMS squad
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Matt O’Boyle
[email protected]
MOORAGE:
• 103 berths
• 800’ transient tie-up
• call prior to arrival
• land storage $0.20/sq. ft.,$50/mo. min.
• upland storage space available
RATES
TACOMA
Port Office...........................253-383-5841
Port Fax...............................253-593-4570
www.portoftacoma.com
VHF Channel......................................... 16
Fish & Game.......................206-976-3200
RATES
• Transient: Daily, $0.60/ft./day;
monthly, $4.50/ft. per mo.
• Permanent: $19/ft.
AMENITIES
• non-potable water at fuel dock and at
harbor
• bottled water at general store
HAULOUTS
• grid will handle boats up to 45’
• daily: $0.37/ft.; monthly: $3.70/ft.
• annual: $13.75ft. w/wait list
• transient moorage: $0.40/ft./
day or $4.00/ft./month
• long-term storage: $0.20/sq. ft./mo.
• pressure washer: $20/hr.
• grid fee: $15 per tide; haulout
fee: $200/round trip
AMENITIES
MOORAGE
• groceries, restaurants, hardware,
bank, post office, laundry, phones
• showers/restrooms/pressure washer
• space for water & power for
people to work on their boats
• 66 commercial slips, 70 pleasure slips
• net sheds/storage on land/wait list
HAULOUTS
• 2-ton harbor crane/80’ tidal grid
• hydraulic haul-out trailer,
to 30-ton/55’
AIR TRANSPORT
• daily fights to Juneau/seaplane float
Mayco Fish Co. Ltd...................572-3070
• Harbormaster: Tacoma
Fire Dept...........................253-591-5798
• managed by City Marina,
Steve Morrison................253-572-2524
RATES
• Boston Whaler search & rescue boat
• helicopter pad for emergencies
• nearest Coast Guard facility in Juneau
• nearest medical Coast Guard in Sitka
AIR TRANSPORT
• float planes 2x daily to Juneau;
charters available to Sitka
• call City Marina
SPECIAL EVENTS
AMENITIES
• Fireman’s Ball (spring date
changes annually)
• electricity and fresh water at
all moorage except city dock
• laundry/cafe on-site
• pay phones; contact phone
company for hookups at harbor
TENAKEE
THORNE BAY
Harbormaster..................... 907-965-4138
City office............................907-828-3380
Fax....................................... 907-828-3374
VHF Channel......................................... 16
“The Port” Fuel Dock................828-3995
AT THE DOCK
ELECT.
CHARTS
• Harbormaster:
Shane
Ulery
SEATTLE
AT THE DOCK
MOORAGE
• Harbormaster: Dan Martin
• harbor billing clerk: Ruth Craine
• 108 stalls for vessels up to 60’
transient moorage available for
vessels up to 100’
MOORAGE
Alaskan owned and
REPAIR FACILITIES
• nearest repairs in Juneau and Sitka
AT THE DOCK
Port/City Office...................907-736-2207
Port Fax...............................907-736-2249
[email protected]
VHF Channel......................................... 16
72
• winter rates for electricity at harbor
$20/day
• 2 breakwaters with 12 additional
transient berths
• 10 transient berths/40 permanent
• electricity for $10/day transient; $10/
day for grid, May-Sept.
RATES (all plus tax)
• 23' stall, $6.60/day; $45.54/mo.;
$367.40/yr.
• 32' stall, $9.49/day; $62.63/mo.;
$505.23/yr.
THORNE BAY to WESTPORT
• 37.5' stall, $14.19/day
• 50' stall, $18.77/day for transients; over
50', 39¢/ft.
AMENITIES
• electricity and water avail. at harbor
• 1-lane boat ramp
• tidal boat grid
• new restrooms and shower at dock
• market/gas station/rental cars
• propane/roadside fuel
• outboard repairs in town
• post office.........................907-828-3490
AIR TRANSPORT (DAILY SERVICE)
• Pacific Airways
• Promech Air
• Taquan Air
Medical/Rescue Facilities
• medical clinic, M, T, Th........................... ..........................................907-828-8848
VALDEZ
Harbor Office......................907-835-4981
Harbor Fax..........................907-835-2958
[email protected]
www.ci.valdez.ak.us/harbor
VHF Channels................................ 16 & 7
Fish & Game (Cordova)..... 907-424-3212
$8.75/ft./mo. & $0.70/ft./day, billed
$13.13/ft/mo. & $1.05/ft./day
• Contact the Port Office for
dockage/wharfage rates for the
Kelsey Dock and Container Terminal ... 907-835-4564
AMENITIES
•electricity/laundry/pay phones/
showers/water
• 2 - 30’ x 6’’ concrete washdown pads
at travel lift w/power & water service
• 8 - 20’ x 60’ concrete maintenance pads
in btyd w/power & water service
• paved boat storage yard
• used oil collection facility
HAULOUTS
• 2 dockside hoists will handle
up to 10,000 lbs.
• 250-ton tidal grid/travel lift to
60 tons; $180/hr.
REPAIR FACILITIES
• public repair yard: works on
aluminum, glass, wood; also
has mobile shop
AIR TRANSPORT
• daily flights
• Era Aviation......................907-835-2636
• CG marine safety office... 907-835-7217
• health clinic ..................... 907-835-4612
• hospital.............................907-835-2249
North Pacific Fuel......................835-4850
Crowley Petroleum...................835-5009
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Halibut Derby, mid-May to early Sept.
• Silver Salmon Derby, July 21-Sept. 2
Peter Pan Seafoods...................835-2080
Silver Bay Seafoods................. 835-8710
AT THE DOCK
• port director/Harbormaster
MOORAGE
• 300’ fisherman’s dock; gear unloading,
etc.
• 525 berths/land storage-100 boats
• 600’ open moorage/transient side
tie-ups
• boats must call-in prior to arrival
RATES
• all transient moorage paid on arrival
• annual tenant: $29.29/ft./yr.; advance
transient annual: $30.61/ft./yr.;
WARRENTON
MOORAGE
• 1-2 year waiting list
• 515 slips
RATES
• daily: 0-19’= $15/day; add $1
for each additional 1’
• monthly: 1/3 annual rate
• annually: $28/ft. for recreational boat
and $29/ft. for commercial
AMENITIES
• boat storage
• electricity/fresh water/pay phones
• groceries/restaurants
• laundry in town/net-mending yard
HAULOUTS
• 1 to 3,000-lb. capacity crane
• Warrenton Boat Yard
REPAIR FACILITIES
• adjacent to Marina-Warrenton
• Coast Guard air station
• Life Boat station at the
mouth of Columbia
• WFD 1st Responder Medical Aid
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Commercial Fishermen’s Festival
• annual crab & seafood festival with
specialty booths, wine tasting, etc.
• annual fish fry & crab dinner for
Deep Sea Fishermen Benefit Fund
• old-fashioned 4th of July parade,
talent show, fireworks
WESTPORT
(Port of Grays Harbor Marina)
City Office...........................503-861-3822
Port Office...........................360-268-9665
Marina Fax..........................503-861-2370
Fax.......................................360-268-9413
SEWARD SHIP
AND
[email protected]
[email protected]
DRYDOCK
VHF Channel.........................................
16
www.portofgraysharbor.com
1/4 VHF Channel......................................... 71
Fish & Game...................... 360-902-2200
Bornstein Seafoods..................325-6164
Fishhawk Fisheries...................325-5256
FUEL SUPPLIERS
Warrenton Deep Sea................ 861-1233
Masco Petroleum...............360-268-0076
Pacific Coast Seafoods............. 861-2201
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Keith Pinkstaff
PROCESSORS
D & M Live Crab.................360-268-9319
Nelson Crab....................... 360-267-2911
73
WESTPORT to WINCHESTER BAY
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
Port Fax...............................907-472-2472
[email protected]
www.whittieralaska.gov
VHF Channels.............................. 16 & 68
AT THE DOCK
•marina manager: Robin Leraas
[email protected]
•operations manager: Ken Rausch
Shoreside Petroleum Inc.......... 472-2314
assistant and several EMTs
AIR TRANSPORT
• private charter out of Anchorage
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Walk to Whittier, usually in June
Great Pacific Seafoods.............472-2400
MOORAGE
• 550 berths 30-80’+ and side
ties up to 200’
AT THE DOCK
RATES
MOORAGE
• call harbor for complete list of rates or
www.portofgraysharbor.com
• 334 slips, most permanent
• limited dry storage available in winter
• 8 vessel maintenance stations in
summer
AMENITIES
• launch ramp for net/gear repair
• showers and laundry nearby
• restaurants/groceries
• bus service county-wide
• Harbormaster: Sue Miller
RATES
• daily: $1.10/ft., monthly: $21.40/ft.,
annually: $58.50/ft.
• 6-month winter rate $71.35/ft.
WINCHESTER
BAY
(Salmon Harbor Marina)
Marina.................................541-271-3407
Marina Fax..........................541-271-2060
[email protected]
Umpqua, Port of.................541-271-2232
AT THE DOCK
• harbor manager: Jeff Vander Kley
REPAIR FACILITIES
AMENITIES
• several private shops can repair
steel, aluminum, glass, engines,
hydraulics, electronics
• vessel haulouts up river (Hoquiam)
• electricity/fresh water/pay showers
MOORAGE
HAULOUTS
• slips/some transient
• 500 berths/25 transient berths
• Coast Guard lifeboat station
• dentists in Westport, Grayland,
Aberdeen and Hoquiam
• hospitals-1 in Aberdeen: Grays
Harbor Community Hospital
• 1 tidal grid
• 25-ton marine travel lift
• crane hoist for heavy lifting: $41.50/hr.
RATE SAMPLES
REPAIR SERVICES
AMENITIES
• marine services available
• marine fueling facility
• marine sewer pumpout and dump
• East Basin 3-lane launch ramp
• West Basin 2-lane launch ramp
• medical clinic with physician’s
AIR TRANSPORT
• Hoquiam: jet runway, fuels
• Westport: hard surface year round
Whittier
Cordova Terminal
Division
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Annual Crab Races, 3rd
weekend in April
• 4th of July festivities
• Rusty Scupper’s Pirate Daze Festival, .
last weekend in June
• Westport Art Festival, 3rd
weekend in August
•A
nnual Seafood Festival & Craft Show,
Saturday of Labor Day weekend
WHITTIER
Port Office.907-472-2327, option 6 or #110
74
• annual: 24’, $726; 54’, $1,453
HAULOUTS
• Reedsport Machine & Fabrication - 170 Bayfront Loop, Winchester Bay
AIR TRANSPORT
• 22 miles south at North Bend, Ore.
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•BulkGas
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•MobilLubricants
•Propane
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(907)472-2314
(907) 424-3264
VHFChannel16
VHF Channel 16
• Coast Guard
• Lower Umpqua Hospital
(within 3 mi)
SPECIAL EVENTS
• 4th of July fireworks
• Dune Fest (Aug.)
• Ocean Festival (July)
WINCHESTER BAY to WRANGELL
• Cool Coastal Nights (Aug.)
• The Crab Contest (Aug. - Labor Day)
• Salmon Festival (Sept.)
• Dune Mushers Mail Run,
first weekend in March
WRANGELL
Port Office........................... 907-874-3736
Port Fax............................... 907-874-3197
[email protected]
www.wrangell.com
VHF Channel......................................... 16
Fish & Game....................... 907-874-3822
Petro Marine.............................. 874-3276
Sea Level Seafoods Inc............ 874-2401
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Greg Meissner
MOORAGE
• 0 to 6-month wait for berths
• “hot” berthing system: when
permanent moorage holders are
out of town, berth is available
for transients
• open area storage only
eritage Harbor; 1,500’ lineal side tie
•H
2-ton limit, in 4 locations
• all-tide launch at Heritage Harbor,
with floating dock alongside
• tidal grid at Shoemaker can hold
up to four 50’ boats
• tidal grid will handle boats up
to 40’ at Reliance
RATES
• daily: $0.40/ft. (pre-paid); $0.80/ft.
(invoiced); monthly: $3.50/ft. monthly
(calendar); annual: $25/ft.
AMENITIES
• electricity available transient
moorage, $5/day; $10/day; $50/ 3ph ... day
• sewer pumpout at Reliance & Heritage
• fresh water/hotel/laundromat
•wireless internet by local provider
• groceries: Bob’s IGA, free delivery
................................................. 874-2341
• public swimming pool, showers,
racquetball, weight room
• 32’ x 80’ work float
• dockside hoist available,
Alaskan owned and
Seattle
Fishermen’s
Memorial
206.782.6577
Full Grocery, Meats &
Produce,Video Rentals,
Fax, Copy & Postage
75
WRANGELL to CAMPBELL RIVER
REPAIR FACILITIES
PROCESSORS
• 300 ton Ascom & 150 ton travel lift
haul out & marine repair yard
• 1 repair yard available for
alum/glass/wood
• 2 aluminum shops
• freelance mechanics
Yakutat Seafoods ..........907-784-3392
• Coast Guard has 95’ patrol boat in
Petersburg; aircraft in Sitka
• Wrangell Hospital
• local search & rescue
AT THE DOCK (AREA CODE 907)
• Harbormaster: Erving Grass
.................................................784-3491
MOORAGE
• 20 transients during summer season,
no reserved transient moorage
• 89 berths in the small boat harbor
• waiting list for assigned berths
RATES
• daily: $0.45/ft.; annually: $15/ft.
AIR TRANSPORT
• charter service available
SPECIAL EVENTS
• April, Fisher Fest
• May, Salmon Derby, 1st place $5,000
• Tent City Days, February
YAKUTAT
Port Office...........................907-784-3491
.....................................or 907-784-3323
Port Fax...............................907-784-3281
VHF Channel......................................... 16
Fish & Game.......................907-784-3255
Delta Western Fuel................... 784-3311
or VHF 12
AMENITIES
• fresh water
• some electrical hookups- $5/day
HAULOUTS
•5
0 ft. 30 ton haulout trailer service,
$250 round trip. The power is .53 per
kw.
• several dockside hoists at Ocean
Cape dock
• tidal grid will handle up to 50’
REPAIR FACILITIES
• fiberglass
• some repairs available for glass,
wood, and welding
• health center...........907-784-3275/3391
• nearest Coast Guard facilities at Sitka
• nearest hospital Juneau or Sitka
AIR TRANSPORT
• runway with 2 daily flights
• year-round charter available
SPECIAL EVENTS
• 4th of July celebration at Cannon
Beach
• Fair Weather Day, 1st week of Aug.
B.C. PORTS
Alert Bay
[email protected]
www.blueheroninnak.com
Marine Operator: VHF 66A
Weather: VHF 21
AT THE DOCK
• harbor manager: Dan Kennedy
76
(250) 974-5727, cell (250) 974-8255
• Fax: (250) 974-5470
• Email: [email protected]
• Web: www.alertbay.ca
• Customs: no local agent
AMENITIES
• 2,900’ paved airstrip
• credit union/24-hr. ATM
• grocery/dry goods/hardware/restaurants
• hotels/post office/liquor/
drug store/salon/fitness/pubs
• 1 laundromat by boat harbor
• public Internet access
• radio and electronic repairs outlet
• showers available at campground
• bowling alley, tennis courts,
bike/hike trails
• ferries/fishing & sightseeing charters
• fishing licenses available locally
MOORAGE
• at boat harbor, float “C” reserved
for pleasure boats only;
rafting possibilities if fleet is in
• 2 boat ramps
• 20 and 30 amp electrical
• fresh water, garbage, recycling
• moorage also available in center
of town at municipal dock
• good anchorage on sand bottom
can be found at head of bay in
depths of 40-50 feet of water
• Namgis First Nation Boat
Harbor............................(250) 974-5556
• call Comox Coast Guard while
in this vicinity
• 3 doctors, 1 dentist
• acute care 4-bed hospital/BC
ambulance service
• volunteer fire dept.
• RCMP..............................(250) 974-5544
• Cormorant Island Health
Centre..........(250) 974-5585 Local #221
Campbell River
Weather: VHF 16
AT THE DOCK
• Harbor Office..................(250) 287-7931
• Harbor Fax......................(250) 287-8495
• VHF Channel.................................... 66A
• Harbor Manager,
Phyllis Titus....................(250) 287-7931
[email protected]
CAMPBELL RIVER to PORT HARDY
• eco-barge
FUEL SUPPLIER
• e-mail:
[email protected]
website: lundharbourbc.wordpress.com
• Fax....................................604-483-4713
• Esso Marine (Discovery
Harbor)...........................(250) 287-3456
MOORAGE
AMENITIES
• $.20/ft/day CFV plus tax
• $.66/ft/day non-CFV
HAULOUT AND REPAIR
• all docks in town have electrical and
water
FUEL SUPPLIERS
• Lund Hotel Gas Dock........ (604) 414-0474
• Nanaimo Regional General
Hospital..........................(250) 754-2141
www.fishermanswharfcampbellriver.com
• Customs........................ (250) 286-5804
MOORAGE
• rafting may be required year-round
• Fisherman’s Wharf.........(250) 287-7931
• Discovery Harbor...........(250) 287-2614
• Quathiaski Cove Government
Harbor........................... (250) 285-3622
HAULOUT AND REPAIR
• tidal grid at harbor
• full marine services
• travel lift
AMENITIES
• showers and holding tank pump out
available
• Wifi available
• coin laundry at hotel
• pub and restaurants
• general store with marine supplies
• Lund Water Taxi and barge...................... ...........................................(604) 483-9749
• Coast Guard (Powell River).................. ... ...........................................(604) 485-7511
• Coast Guard...................(250) 287-8612
• Campbell River and District
General Hospital.............(250) 287-7111
• R.C.M.P........................... (250) 286-6221
HAULOUT, REPAIR & MARINE SUPPLIES
Klemtu/
Hartley Bay
• Powell River.................. (604) 485-3211
• ambulance.................... (604) 485-4211
• RCMP (Powell River).... (604) 485-6255
• first aid: Lund Fire Dept.................. 911
AT THE DOCK
Nanaimo
• Percy Starr, Klemtu Band Manager
....................................... (250) 839-1255
Fax................................. (250) 839-1256
MOORAGE
• 200’ dock
AMENITIES
• Klemtu: grocery store/water
• Hartley Bay: diesel, gas, stove oil,
grocery store
FUEL SUPPLIERS
• First Nations Fuel.................................. (250) 839-1233 or VHF 6
Lund
• Jack’s Boat Yard - 604 483 3566
• Lund Auto & Outboard - 604 483 4612
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
• Harbour Manager: Darlene Denholm
• Harbour Office................ (604) 483-4711
• Esso............................... (250) 753-6122
• Petro Canada................. (250) 754-7828
AIR TRANSPORT
• float plane to Vancouver harbor
• ferries (both car & passenger) to
Vancouver
Port Hardy
Marine Operator.......................... VHF 24
Monitor Channel 66A at Fisherman’s Wharf
AT THE DOCK
• Coast Guard.................. (250) 339-3613
• Customs........................ (250) 949-7999
(May through October)
• Fisherman’s Wharf (250) 949-6332,
VHF 66A
• Harbor managers: Pat McPhee and
Mary-Ann Smith........... (250) 949-6332
Fax................................. (250) 949-6037
MOORAGE
• Fisherman’s Wharf, public facility
owned by the District of Port Hardy
• New municipal day-use marina located
at Bear Cove. Approximately 20 slips
for sport fishing vessels up to 30’.
•S
eine floats: new concrete floats with 20,
30 and 50 amp service and water. Driveon access to the main loading float.
• Summer T-floats in place June 15 to
September 15, with 20 amp service
and potable water
•Q
uarterdeck Marine Industries, private
facility next to Fisherman’s Wharf
FUEL SUPPLIERS
MOORAGE
• Chevron......................... (250) 949-6405
• Petro Canada................. (250) 949-9988
• supplied upon request
• reservations
HAULOUT AND REPAIR
AMENITIES
• travel lift, 60-ton capacity
VHF Channel 73
AT THE DOCK
FUEL SUPPLIERS
• ice/shopping plaza
• laundry/shower
• grocery stores/restaurants
• Port Hardy Hospital...... (250) 949-6161
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PORT HARDY to VANCOUVER
• R.C.M.P........................... (250) 949-6335
• Emergencies: fire/police/
ambulance........................................911
AIR TRANSPORT
• Pacific Coastal Airlines
• Air Cab
• Port Hardy Airport Manager
....................................... (250) 949-8213
• Seaplane Base Manager
....................................... (250) 949-6371
• Coast Guard..................(250) 627-3074;
SAR cutter Cape Dauphin
........................................(250) 627-3063
• Customs........................1-888-226-7277
FUEL SUPPLIERS
• Petro Canada....................250-624-4106
HAULOUT AND REPAIR
• 150-ton marine ways, 80’ capacity
Powell River
• Prince Rupert Regional
Hospital......................... (250) 624-2171
(Westview Harbor)
AT THE DOCK
SPECIAL EVENTS
Marine Operator: VHF 66A
• Harbormaster: Jim Parsons,
(604) 485-5244; Fax (604) 485-5286
• Coast Guard...................(604) 485-7511
• no Customs
• Harbor expansion in 2011
Shearwater
FUEL SUPPLIERS
• Sea Fest, June
(Bella Bella)
Shearwater Marine Operator. VHF 6
and 66A in summer
Harbormaster (May-Sept.). VHF 66A
• Westview Fuel............... (604) 485-2867
AT THE DOCK
REPAIR SHOP
• welders, divers available
• general manager: Al Tite
........................................(250) 957-2305
Fax..................................(250) 957-2422
AMENITIES
AMENITIES
• taxis/shuttles
• showers, laundromat
• water/power 30 amp with 50 amp on
floats 10 and 11
• sewer pump out
• pub/bakery
• supply depot/marine chandlery
• golf
• fresh water/electricity
• general store/hotel/pub/restaurant
• grocery/liquor store/pay phones
• showers/restrooms/laundry
• Powell River General Hospital
........................................(604) 485-3211
AIR TRANSPORT
• Pacific Coastal
MOORAGE
• daily: $1.50/ft.
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Gumboot Days, July long weekend
Vancouver
Phone............................... (604) 665-9000
24/7 Operations Center... (604) 665-9086
Toll Free.........................1-888-PORTVAN
Fax....................................1-866-284-4271
[email protected]
www.portmetrovancouver.com
MCTS VHF Channel:
Vancouver Harbour....................... Ch. 12
Fraser River (Main Arm)................Ch. 74
Deltaport.........................................Ch. 11
MCTS:
Vancouver...........................604-666-6012
Victoria................................250-363-6333
VPD Marine Unit:
R.G McBeath.....................VHF Ch. 12/16
VPD-98...............................VHF Ch. 12/16
VPD Non-Emergency..........604.717.3321
Harbour Patrol Vessels:
Vancouver Harbour....................Ch 12/16
Fraser River................................Ch 74/16
CBSA Marine Communications
Center:................................604-713-9810
FUEL SUPPLIERS
• Chevron (Coal Harbour).. 604-681-7725
• Chevron (North Arm).......604-278-2181
• Chevron (Steveston)....... 604-277-4712
• Shearwater Fuel Station:
(250) 957-2304
Western Canada Marine Response
Corporation:
Head Office – Vancouver...604-294-6001
24-Hour Spill Emergency Line................ ..................... 1-855-294-9116 (Toll Free)
HAULOUT AND REPAIR
PROCESSORS
• 1 tidal barge grid
FUEL SUPPLIERS
Marine Communications and Traffic
Services........................................ VHF 71
Weather........................... (250) 624-9009
MARINE SUPPLIES
• Shearwater Marine Store......................
..........................................250-957-2330
• Aero Trading Co. Ltd........604-327-6331
• McMillan J S Fisheries....604-255-5191
• North Sea Products Ltd...604-327-0481
• Ocean Fisheries Ltd.........604-254-5751
• S.M. Products (Delta)......604-946-7665
• Seafood Products Com...604-255-3141
AT THE DOCK
AT THE DOCK
• Harbormaster: Gary Paulson,
(250) 627-8899, Fax (250)627-8980
• Fairview Float................ (250) 624-3127
• Rushbrooke Float......... (250) 624-9400
• R.W. Large Hospital, (250) 957-2314
• Harbormaster: Chris Wellstood
....................................... (604) 665-9086
Prince Rupert
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AIR TRANSPORT
• Pacific Coastal Airlines
VANCOUVER
MOORAGE
AMENITIES
• Harbor master monitors
movements of all commercial
deep-sea vessels, cruise ships,
fishing vessels, ferries, tugs and
barges, pleasure crafts
• Vancouver’s 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
(AREA CODE 604)
• Vancouver General
Hospital.............................604-875-4111
• St. Paul’s Hospital
(Downtown).....................604-682-2344
• Fire/Police/Ambulance.....................911
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Advertiser
Page
Alaska Air Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Alaska Regional Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Advertiser
Page
Kinematics Marine Equipment Inc . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 48, 53, 62, 64
Advertiser
Page
Radar Marine Electronics Inc . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rapp Hydema NW/ Rapp Hydema US . . . 10
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute . . . . . . 1
Kodiak Area Chamber
of Commerce/Comfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Redden Marine Supply . . 41, 42, 46, 54, 68
Alaska United / GCI . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 15, 17
Kodiak Shipyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Ronald E Long Marine Surveys . . . . . . . . 71
Alaskan Quota & Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
LFS Inc Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Rozema Boat Works Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ballard Inflatable Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Lunde Marine Electronics Inc . . . . . . . . . 38
Satellite Technical Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Bostrom, H.O. Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Marco Global Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Seattle Marine & Fishing Supply . . . . . . . 59
Bulletproof Nets LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Marport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CV3
Sentry Hardware & Marine/City Market . . 75
Cascade Engine Center LLC . . . . . . . . . . . 22
McDermott Light & Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seward Chamber of Commerce . . . . . . . . 70
Chevron USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CV4
MER - Marine Engine & Repair . . . . . . . . 37
Shoreside Petroleum . . . . . . . . . . 46, 71, 74
Compass Courses Maritime Training . . . . . 3
Modutech Marine Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Si-Tex Marine Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Delta Western, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
NET Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Simrad Fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CV2
Dock Street Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
NET Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Snow & Company Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Edgewater Marine Services . . . . . . . . . . . 53
NET Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
STORMR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Electronic Charts Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
NOMAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
The Blue Heron Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Fremont Maritime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Northern Enterprises Boat Yard . . . . . . . . 54
The City of King Cove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Grundens/Stormy Seas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Oregon International Port of Coos Bay . . 44
Washington Chain & Supply Inc . . . . . . . 33
H & H Marine Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Pacific Fishermen Shipyard & Electric . . . 23
WESMAR - Western Marine Electronics . 22
Hansen Boat Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Pacific Power Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Wrangell Ports & Harbors . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Harris Electric Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 62, 68
Petro Marine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE Services .
BLUE . HERON
. . . . . . . . . . . 46, 56, 58, 60, 64, 71, 72, 75
Yaquina Boat Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Hart Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Helmchair.com by Llebroc Industries . . . 34
In Demand Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Inlet Keeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
International Marine Industries Inc . . . . . 23
YAKUTAT
Young deNormandie, P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Petro Marine Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Platypus Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Port of Port Townsend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Port of Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Puget Sound Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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LAST SET
Three-year-old twins Jason (left) and Chris Crosby get an early start as fifth-generation fishermen
helping their grandfather Leonard put away the net at his shed in Friday Harbor, Wash., in 1972.
Today Chris runs the squid light boat Miss Deception out of San Pedro, Calif., and Jason catches
squid aboard the Ocean Angel 2 in Monterey, Calif. Read about Jason’s endeavor to restore a family
heirloom seiner in “Genius runs in the family,” National Fisherman, Sept. 2013, p. 26. Inset: Chris (left)
and Jason aboard the Genius in 2014.
Photo submitted by Jason Crosby, taken by his grandmother, Margaret Crosby
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