Alaska Longline Company to build new fishing vessel at Ketchikan yard

On December 30, 2011 the Petersburg based Alaska Longline Company signed a contract with the Ketchikan based shipbuilder Alaska Ship & Drydock, Inc. (ASD) to build a new 136 foot factory longliner.

Alaska Longline Company operates modern fishing vessels in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. These vessels harvest Pacific cod, sablefish (Black Cod) and turbot. The new factory longliner will use the Mustad auto-line circle-hook baiting system. This is considered to be the most modern baiting system in the world. On board each vessel is an elaborate processing and freezing system to insure the hig...