A number of Yaquina Bay’s larger fishing vessels are tied up at the Port of Newport International Terminal on Monday as final preparations were made for the trip up to Alaska’s Bering sea to fish for pollack and cod. (Photos by Steve Card)
Pastor Luke Frechette from South Beach Church, pictured in the center of the doorway facing the crowd, leads a prayer service at the International Terminal on Monday to ask for blessings for the boat owners and crews headed up to Alaska this week. Frechette led a similar service on Thursday morning, asking for blessings for the local crabbing fleet.
A number of Yaquina Bay’s larger fishing vessels are tied up at the Port of Newport International Terminal on Monday as final preparations were made for the trip up to Alaska’s Bering sea to fish for pollack and cod. (Photos by Steve Card)
Pastor Luke Frechette from South Beach Church, pictured in the center of the doorway facing the crowd, leads a prayer service at the International Terminal on Monday to ask for blessings for the boat owners and crews headed up to Alaska this week. Frechette led a similar service on Thursday morning, asking for blessings for the local crabbing fleet.
A number of the larger commercial fishing boats that call Newport’s Yaquina Bay their home headed out this week for the annual trek to Alaska’s Bering Sea.
It can take eight to 10 days for them to make the journey up north, depending on the weather. Boats from Newport will be docking either at Dutch Harbor or Kodiak, where they will be based while fishing for pollack and cod, a fishery that generally lasts for several months.
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