Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley Returns to Kodiak After Winter Bering Sea Patrol
The Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley is now back in port at Kodiak, Alaska after a 35-day winter Bering Sea patrol during which it engaged in domestic fisheries enforcement, responded to search and rescue incidents and performed at-sea medical evacuations from the Bering Sea fishing fleet.
During the patrol, search and rescue cases resulted in them saving five lives, including an individual who experienced chest pain at Akutan and a 20-month-old child at King Cove suffering from respiratory distress.
The crew maintained a law enforcement presence throughout the Aleutian Islands chain to prevent the illegal harvesting of U.S. fish stocks. During the patrol, they conducted seven fisheries boardings, investigated reports of two fishing vessels suspected of fishing in a closed Steller sea lio...