Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Johnson, of Cascade, Ida., an instructor at the Coast Guard’s North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center, identifies subtle differences between various fish species found in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea, Sept. 12, 2014. Each species of fish typically has different catch regulations, so correctly identifying the species is critical for Coast Guard boarding teams enforcing fisheries laws in the Bering Sea and elsewhere. Coast Guard maritime law enforcement personnel preparing to enforce fisheries laws in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska 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.
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