. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Fig. S - Twice in less than 3 weeks, crew of U. S. Coast Guard cutter Storis (W 38} stopped and boarded a Soviet shrimp trawler violating U, S, fishery laws off Alaska. Storis is shown prepar- ing to lower boat with boarding party. The medium freezer trawler SRTM-8457 (foreground), is watched by a Coast Guard aircraft, from which photo was taken. On March 22, a Coast Guard aircraft sighted a Soviet fishing vessel miles east of Seal Cape (Alaska) and identified it as "SRTM- ; The vessel had nets in the water and thus was f
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Fig. S - Twice in less than 3 weeks, crew of U. S. Coast Guard cutter Storis (W 38} stopped and boarded a Soviet shrimp trawler violating U, S, fishery laws off Alaska. Storis is shown prepar- ing to lower boat with boarding party. The medium freezer trawler SRTM-8457 (foreground), is watched by a Coast Guard aircraft, from which photo was taken. On March 22, a Coast Guard aircraft sighted a Soviet fishing vessel miles east of Seal Cape (Alaska) and identified it as "SRTM- ; The vessel had nets in the water and thus was fishing well within the 9-mile con- tiguous fishery zone. The aircraft signaled the vessel by radio, flashing lights, and mes- sage block to stop, but the vessel hauled in her nets and departed. The aircraft maintained "hot pursuit" and contacted the nearby cutter Storis. Her personnel boarded the vessel 15 miles from the U. S. coast. The Soviet cap- tain admitted fishing when first sighted but believed he was out more than 12 miles. A prize crew was placed aboard the vessel, but the captain (supported by the Fleet Commander) protested the seizure and stated the vessel would not proceed to a U. S, port under her ownpower. The 700-gross-ton mediumfreezer trawler had to be towed by the Storis for 48 hours before arriving at St. Paul Harbor, Fig. 6 - A small U. S, Coast Guaid plane hovers over Soviet medium freezer trawler SRTM-8457 as it takes aboard a load of shrimp only 6 miles off U, S, Alaskan coast. The trawl bag containing shrimp (middle left) was pulled aboard, but wings of the trawl and headline floats (upper middle) are still along- side Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. National Marine Fisheries Service; U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; United S
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