O'Hara launches First New Vessel for Amendment 80 Fleet, Fishermen's Finest Vessel to Follow
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Undercurrent News] by Jeanine Stewart August 13, 2015
The O’Hara Corporation christened the first new vessel to join Alaska’s flatfish sector in nearly three decades this summer, marking a major milestone for the aging fleet.
The new vessel -- named the Araho -- is being launched in time for completion by the Alaska Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands flatfish fishing season's start in late January. As required for US fishing vessels, it was built on US soil. Eastern Shipbuilding Group constructed the 194-foot freezer trawler at its home-base in Panama City, Florida.
“This is the culmination of years of effort, and I am thrilled that the first one is in the water,” Chris Woodley, executive director of the Groundfish Forum..
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