A Maersk update

Unalaska's city manager, in a memo for Monday's special city council meeting, advises the following:

Maersk intends to pull operations out of our community by February 2025. I received confirmation about the matter via various channels. I also learned that America's Finest may move operations from the Light Cargo Dock to trampers in the bay. The discussion I'm hearing is that CMA should pick up the Maersk cargo. The America's Finest news is related to Maersk. We anticipate most of the revenue will still come in due to the fish tax, however we will lose wharfage and tariff at the city docks.

Factory trawler hit with $122K penalty

NOAA's Office of General Counsel reports this case charged in September:

• F/V America's Finest — Owner America's Finest Fishing LLC was charged under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act with directed fishing for groundfish with trawl gear in the Nearshore Bristol Bay Trawl Area when that area was closed to trawling. A $121,984.48 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued.

Injured man hoisted off Bering Sea factory trawler

Here's a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard.