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Montague Island is well known in Seward, Alaska, for its sports fishery, and it is referred to as "The Land of the Giants." In 2007, the waters around the island produced a 350-pound (156-kg) halibut and many boats full of fish weighing over 100 pounds (45 kg) each.
Aerial view of Seward, Alaska, in the 1990s, looking north. The mouth of the Resurrection River and the base of Mount Marathon are visible. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.5 square miles (56 km 2), of which 14.4 square miles (37 km 2) is land and 7.1 square miles (18 km 2) (32.93%) is water.
Started in 1956, the Seward Silver Salmon Derby is Alaska’s second oldest fishing derby after Valdez Fish Derbies started in 1952. [1] The derby generally opens the second week in August. Participants compete to bring in the largest coho salmon, also known as silver salmon. The fish are weighed and turned in daily. [2]
The Alaska SeaLife Center is a public aquarium and Alaska's only permanent marine mammal rehabilitation facility. It is located on the shores of Resurrection Bay in Seward.It opened in May 1998, and is dedicated to understanding and maintaining the integrity of the marine ecosystem of Alaska through research, rehabilitation, conservation, and public education.
The Valdez Marine Terminal is an oil port in Valdez, at the southern end of the Alaska Pipeline. The terminal was the point of departure for the Exxon Valdez just prior to the oil spill. There are 14 active aboveground crude oil storage tanks at the terminal, and an average of three to five oil tankers depart from the terminal each week. Since ...
The U.S. Coast Guard is suspending its search for five people who went missing after a fishing boat capsized near Point Couverden, Alaska, it said Monday. The search, which went on for nearly 24 ...