KETCHIKAN (KDN) â Members of the Ketchikan Flotilla of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxillary were recognized during a special award meeting in March at Coast Guard Base Ketchikan.
The event was attended by Coast Guard Capt. V.W. Louie, who serves as chief of Coast Guard District 17 s Prevention Division in Juneau; and Christina Newell, assistant director of Coast Guard Auxiliary District 17, also from Juneau. Louie and Newell were in attendance to present the awards and certifications, according to Ketchikan Flotilla information.
Also in attendance was Lt. Nathaniel Herring, supervisor of Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Ketchikan. Along with Louie and Newell, Herring was involved in the presentation of the certificates and awards.
Doreen Leggett
CHATHAM Ken Baughman has fished since he was a kid and loves being on the water. The Falmouth resident, smart and determined, bought a second-hand motor, built his own boat and launched his career as a commercial fisherman this summer.
It has been tough going.
“It’s virtually impossible. You really have to come in as an apprentice,” he said.
That may soon be a possibility as the Young Fishermen’s Development Act passed Congress this week.
The act, modeled after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s successful Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, creates the first federal program dedicated to training the next generation of commercial fishermen and includes an apprenticeship program to connect retiring fishermen and vessel owners with new and beginning fishermen.