Blessing of the Fleet takes place May 6 at 10 a.m. at the Alaska Commercial Fishermen’s Memorial

May 1, 2017 North Pacific

The annual Blessing of the Fleet and Reading of the Names ceremony is set for Saturday, May 6. Organizers of the local event encourage the public to attend to honor commercial fishermen, past and present, and the industry as a whole at the start of the fishing season. It’s taking place at 10 a.m. at the Alaska Commercial Fishermen’s Memorial next to Taku Smokeries. The blessing takes about an hour. The guest speaker this year is Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott. This year marks the 27th year that the fleet has been blessed. Attendees are advised to dress warmly. For those who can’t attend or those on the water, the event will be broadcast over VHF Channel 10. click here to read the story 16:33

Alaska Commercial Fishermen’s Memorial, Blessing of the Fleet

2 Responses to Blessing of the Fleet takes place May 6 at 10 a.m. at the Alaska Commercial Fishermen’s Memorial

Emily Nelson Piceno says:

May 2, 2017 at 12:08 am

I’m trying to find out if my dad’s name is on the juneau fishermen’s memorial. I sent a $600.00 check last fall and have never heard anything back from them
His name is Maurice “puggy”Nelson!! I need to talk to someone.my phone number is 780-4171. Thanks.

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- Borehead says:
  
  May 3, 2017 at 4:48 pm
  
  Hi Emily, I have a couple of links to share with you that may hold some info. I wish you well looking for the answers you seek.
  http://www.juneau.org/engineering/memorial/
  http://www.akcfmemorial.org/
  
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It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

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