Blue North Launches Game Changing Longliner, the Most Environmentally Sound Platform Ever Developed
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by Peggy Parker - September 12, 2016
The long awaited Blue North, a 191-foot freezer longliner built by Dakota Creek in Anacortes, was christened Friday at Fisherman’s Terminal in Seattle to a capacity crowd of well-wishers and those simply curious to see the moon pool, where the gear comes out of the water and enters the vessel amidships.
Governor Jay Inslee was among the well wishers, noting that the state is known for innovation: the rockets that sent the unmanned spacecraft to an asteroid on Friday, were designed and made in Redmond, WA.
“We are the home of innovative thinking, and this vessel is a result of a remarkable effort,” Inslee said. “The work that has gone into the Blue North is just as exciting as anything NASA has done,” he said.
It’s not just the through-the-hull hauling technique, which reduces the impact of weather on fishing time and region. The Blue North can fish through the ice pack in the Bering Sea because the gear won’t be breaking the surface...
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