This new service is offered in conjunction with Princess's 2005
Gulf of Alaska program, which features four ships sailing on 72 voyages between Vancouver and Whittier.
The distribution and abundance data came from research trawling conducted in the
Gulf of Alaska over 30 years ago, and the age results are based on surface readings of otoliths, a technique which is now thought to substantially underage rockfish.
In 2011, the tsunami that ravaged parts of Japan also sent the remains of entire neighborhoods floating across the Pacific, much of it ultimately heading directly into the
Gulf of Alaska (Japan donated $5 million to the U.S.
And Steve wants to find evidence of what ignites the feast and why the
Gulf of Alaska is so special.
She explains that the US federal government, through the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and the State of Alaska, jointly manage the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab stocks, whereas the State of Alaska solely manages the
Gulf of Alaska crab stocks.
The Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands and
Gulf of Alaska Pollock fisheries have been certified to this standard since 2005.
The mass of debris collected and loaded onto the barge, which is roughly the size of a football field, represents just 1 to 2 percent of the cleanup work that remains in Alaska, said Chris Pallister, president of the cleanup organization
Gulf of Alaska Keeper, which coordinated the project.
Which oil tanker went aground in the
Gulf of Alaska in March 1989?
But what Shell hoped would be its first drilling season produced a string of mishaps: the Coast Guard found defects in the company's containment barge, meant to hold oil in the event of a spill; one of Shell's two drilling rigs nearly ran aground; air quality violations were discovered on both rigs; the dome meant to contain a blowout at the wellhead was"crushed like a beer can." On New Year's Eve, a second drilling rig ran aground during a fierce storm in the
Gulf of Alaska.
But their plans were dented when a drilling rig, the Kulluk, ran aground in the
Gulf of Alaska in 2012.