Lt. j.g. Nicholas Herndon (center), of Annandale, Va., checks a fishing vessel’s legal documentation to help Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Sergent, of Baker City, Ore., complete a simulated boarding report, during a simulated fisheries boarding at the Coast Guard’s North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center, Sept. 11, 2014. Prior to conducting a patrol to enforce fisheries laws in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, Coast Guard boarding teams spend a week training at NPRFTC, where the course includes fishery and gear regulations, fish species identification, types of Alaska fishing vessels, forms and documentation, and practical training on every stage of a fisheries law enforcement boarding. Coast Guard law enforcement officers help ensure the sustainability of Alaska’s $2 billion dollar fishing industry.
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