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Dutch Harbor, Amaknak Island, Alaska
Dutch Harbor is a Harbor on Amaknak Island in Unalaska, Alaska. It was the location of the Battle of Dutch Harbor in June 1942, and was one of the few sites, besides the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, in American territory to be bombed by the Japanese during World War II.
Dutch Harbor is now the home of an important fishing industry.
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The Maritime Executive
January 29, 2018
The saga of the derelict fish processing vessel Akutan finally came to a close last week. On Thursday, the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley towed the Akutan to a site about three miles outside of U.S. territorial seas, where salvors from Resolve Marine scuttled her and cleaned up the remaining debris on theÃÂ ...
SEAPOWER Magazine Online
January 25, 2018
During the three-month patrol, the crew supported the safe transit of a disabled vessel over 800 miles to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and enforced fisheries regulations in the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska. They also provided a command and control platform capable of embarking a helicopter, providingÃÂ ...
KUCB
January 25, 2018
Alexander Johannesen, 30, formerly of Fly Creek, NY, died unexpectedly in Dutch Harbor, AK, on Thursday, Jan. 18. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3 at the Louis C. Jones Center at The Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, NY. Alex was born in Cincinnati, OH, on SeptemberÃÂ ...
ABC News
January 23, 2018
"This was a win as far as I could tell," said Marjie Veeder, clerk for the city of Unalaska, which is home to the international fishing port of Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands. "We got advance warning and were so thankful for that." The magnitude 7.9 quake in the Gulf of Alaska triggered the jarring alert thatÃÂ ...
Bristol Bay Times
January 20, 2018
"When the Akutan was escorted into Dutch Harbor in August, our immediate concern was there was no exit strategy. Then the 'passing of the buck' began. Not one agency, including the city of Unalaska, wanted to open the flood gates by being the organization that would 'take care' of derelict vessels,"ÃÂ ...
KUCB
January 20, 2018
Police are investigating after a dead body was found Thursday in the water in the Carl E. Moses boat harbor. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) has identified the deceased as Alexander Johannesen. The 30-year-old had not been seen since Wednesday evening. There currently are some vessel trafficÃÂ ...
KUCB
January 19, 2018
For the 20th year in a row, Dutch Harbor has been recognized as the largest fishing port in America. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) made the announcement Wednesday in its annual fisheries study. Unalaska's port held on to its longtime title easily, hauling 770 millionÃÂ ...
PJ Media
January 19, 2018
The storm came, the winds blew, and a nearly full-size Noah's Ark crashed into multiple ships in a Dutch harbor. The ark broke free of its moorings in the harbor of Urk, slamming into several boats, causing significant damage to a ferry. Seven people on the ark had to be evacuated by the Royal NetherlandsÃÂ ...
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
January 12, 2018
Bering Sea snow crab fishing was just getting underway, and the first deliveries were expected later this week, according to Ethan Nichols of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Unalaska/Dutch Harbor when the snow crab quota was cut back again this year by the Alaska Department of Fish andÃÂ ...
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
January 12, 2018
The Federal Subsistence Board is looking to fill the ranks of its regional advisory councils. The application period is currently open for anyone who wants to help fill a seat on any of the 10 councils that help guide and provide input to the board. Each of the councils, which cover specific regions in the state,ÃÂ ...
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
January 12, 2018
Last year, 24 vessels 58 feet long or less fished for Pacific cod with pots in state waters in the Dutch Harbor subdistrict, where there's no limit on the number of boats. This year, at least 50 are expected when the season opens within the next two months, according to groundfish biologist Asia Beber of theÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 9, 2018
The skipper soon called the owner and said he was turning back to Dutch Harbor. Cargo pallets shifted on the open deck. Waves washed across the deck from the starboard side. The contractors started donning their immersion suits in the galley below the wheelhouse. The captain sent out distress calls.
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
January 5, 2018
Dillingham police received reports of drug-related activity occurring in a room of the Dillingham Hotel over New Year's weekend. Investigation turned up 24 grams of black tar heroin, 7 grams of methamphetamine and $1,300 cash. Police say that Anchorage resident, Angela Grice, admitted to flying toÃÂ ...
Bristol Bay Times
January 5, 2018
The Akutan is currently located in state waters in Unalaska, near Dutch Harbor, and moored to state land. It is a derelict vessel because it has been left unattended in state waters and moored to state land for more than 24 consecutive hours and is obstructing a waterway and/or is endangering state propertyÃÂ ...
Bristol Bay Times
January 5, 2018
Two old fishing boats that spent a few years going nowhere at the Dutch Harbor Spit Dock finally left together last month, one towing the other to a scrap yard in Mexico. The Alaska Patriot didn't reach its final destination. The Coast Guard shot it full of holes and sank it on Dec. 20, after it twice broke looseÃÂ ...
Bristol Bay Times
December 22, 2017
The warm water "blob" is the likely culprit in the crash of Gulf of Alaska cod stocks, potentially leading to an influx of small boats into state water fisheries in the Dutch Harbor and Aleutian Islands areas. The small-boat Pacific cod quotas for 2018 are down in the Bering Sea, but the decline is not nearly asÃÂ ...
KTUU.com
December 31, 1999
DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska (KTUU) - The U.S. Coast Guard has assisted in scuttling a fishing vessel that sat abandoned near Dutch Harbor since August. The 166-foot fishing vessel Akutan has had an eventful recent history: its crew abandoned it after a disastrous fishing season in Bristol Bay, along withÃÂ ...
Homer Tribune
October 19, 2017
The Japanese bombed Dutch Harbor on June 3 to 4, 1942, and invaded the islands of Attu and Kiska on June 6, 1942. "This was the only ...
Albany Democrat Herald
October 16, 2017
Unalaska, Alaska — Mitchell Bovard, 32, of Albany, has died in Alaska of unknown causes, according to Unalaska Police Chief Michael ...
POWER magazine
October 10, 2017
WORK HOURS: Regularly scheduled for 12 hour shifts, may be required to work additional hours due to occasional urgent vessel needs.
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
September 22, 2017
Unalaska police are seeking information from anyone who may know anything about a man found in the water under the Unisea G-1 dock on ...
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
December 31, 1999
Fishing outlooks for some of Alaska's largest catches are running the gamut from celebratory (salmon) to relief (Bering Sea crab) to catastrophic ...
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
December 31, 1999
I'm not sure we should celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday of October. Gov. Bill Walker signed a bill this year renaming ...
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
December 31, 1999
Two major Bering Sea crab quotas were cut back again this year, according to an Oct. 3 announcement from the Alaska Department of Fish and ...
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
December 31, 1999
The scene is timeless. After school on a crisp fall day, buses line up in front of Dillingham Elementary School. The buses open their doors and ...
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
December 31, 1999
Alaska has seen a spike of reported cases of flu since the beginning of September, reports the State of Alaska Section of Epidemiology.
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
December 31, 1999
Getting fresh vegetables in rural Alaska has always been a challenge most of the year, but in Unalaska, that challenge is being met with a new ...
Western Illinois University News
August 28, 2017
Prior to enlistment, Murphy was the arts and culture recreation coordinator with the City of Unalaska/Port of Dutch Harbor (AK), in addition toÃÂ ...
Seattle Times
August 28, 2017
The FV Destination is shown here loaded with pots in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, which was the Seattle-based crab boat's final port of call before itÃÂ ...
KTUU.com
August 28, 2017
He told authorities that, when he flies on Pen Air with his gun, flying to and from Dutch Harbor, he does not have go through TSA securityÃÂ ...
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
August 25, 2017
... but it was, I believe, a viable operation, preceding the large shore plants now operating in Dutch Harbor/Unalaska, as well as Akutan, today.
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
August 25, 2017
And while initial plans called for the bus to go to docks at the end of the Dutch Harbor Spit, he said the spit portion was removed because it tookÃÂ ...
Knom (blog)
August 25, 2017
... infrastructure, and kind of the lack of ability that we have technologically, about the difficulty of response for anything north of Dutch Harbor.
Piqua Daily Call
August 25, 2017
His tenacity and bravery held fast when delivering his final weather observation, he alerted Dutch Harbor officials that the Japanese had landedÃÂ ...
KUCB
August 25, 2017
The F/V Akutan can carry as much as 30,000 gallons of fuel, but it wasn't full when it arrived in Dutch Harbor for repairs, following a disastrousÃÂ ...
Petersburg Pilot
August 24, 2017
The two had been invited to attend a commemorative service for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Dutch Harbor, during World War II.
Jamestown Press
August 24, 2017
According to environmental lawyer Robin Main, of Westwind Drive, Dutch Harbor is “by far” the most densely populated site for oyster farming.
KDLG
August 14, 2017
“We lost our butt on codfish at Dutch Harbor. We just … I never lost money like that in my life.” Lang says he sold some property to help financeÃÂ ...
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
August 11, 2017
"After returning home from the Dutch Harbor event I got to thinking about what an awesome trip it was . . .and what it meant to return 75 yearsÃÂ ...
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
August 4, 2017
Commercial fishing the Dutch Harbor food and bait herring fishery has stopped, even with over 400 tons unharvested from the combined seineÃÂ ...
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
December 31, 1999
FRANKLIN BLUFFS — I said goodbye to my final hiking partner today outside a van on the side of a gravel highway. For the remaining 40 milesÃÂ ...
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
December 31, 1999
Neither the VSPO, nor troopers had any luck tracking down Sean Nelson through the day Thursday. Troopers believe he was spotted sometimeÃÂ ...
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
December 31, 1999
"We lost our butt on codfish at Dutch Harbor. We just ... I never lost money like that in my life." Lang said he sold some property to help financeÃÂ ...
The Bellingham Herald
March 28, 2017
Lake Whatcom Boulevard was closed Wednesday through Saturday last week after a slide at the Dutch Harbor Preserve near Strawberry Point in the 2500 block.
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
March 24, 2017
Making end-of-year contributions is a given for many American families these days, and their philanthropic spirit is to be commended.
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
March 24, 2017
My calendar says the first day of spring was earlier this week. Despite long, sunny days, it does not feel much like spring. The ground is covered with several feet of snow and the air is biting cold most of the day.
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
March 24, 2017
Environmentalists feel strongly about the need to take action on climate change. However, President Donald Trump has denied the link between human activity and climate change on some occasions.
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
March 24, 2017
Dillingham residents are invited to show their support for the 'Choose Respect' movement this month. SAFE, the local women and children's shelter, is organizing a march against domestic violence beginning at the SAFE parking lot at 12:30 p.m.
GCaptain
March 24, 2017
Acts as second in command of the tug and barge. Must be able to understand and carry out the orders and directions of the captain.
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
March 24, 2017
Community meetings are planned in western Bristol Bay this month to review options for a potential new road between Manokotak and Dillingham.
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