The Northern Hawk is 341 feet long, has 135 crew members, pays about $10 million a year in crew wages, harvests over 100 million pounds annually, and is the first fully Alaskan-owned pollock catcher/processor.
Time Machine: News from 2011: In early 2011, Coastal Villages acquired 50 percent of BSAI LLC, which is a 50-50 joint venture between Coastal and Siu Alaska (wholly owned by Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation). BSAI purchased inshore pollock fishing rights and vessels from Wards Cove Packing Company.
Alaskan Ownership 2010 was a year of transition for the Coastal Villages region. Already significant owners of BSAI fishing operations, Coastal made the leap from passive K-1 investor to active, managing owner in two additional fisheries. This leap has had a significant impact on the ALASKANIZATION of the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) fisheries, and is increasing our ability to bring Work, fish, and hope to our region residents. We are the largest private sector employer in our region and additionally have over 250 crew positions aboard our vessels in the Bering Sea. We have moved management, accounting, HR, purchasing, legal, and regulatory jobs to our Anchorage headquarters, jobs that for decades prior were based in Seattle.
2007 Project Haullywood delivers 750 tons of wood to 16 CVRF communities. CVRF collaborates with Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) to build 3 install turbines in Toksook Bay.
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CVRF/CVS completes construction of a new halibut plant in Tununak. CVRF completes Community Service Centers in Mekoryuk, Chefornak, Nightmute, Tununak, Chevak, Goodnews Bay, Napaskiak, and Napakiak.
2008 CVRF provides 1,200 tons of firewood to all 20 of its communities, marking the end of Project Haullywood. The “Pollock Provides Heating Oil” program provides heating oil for residents in CVRF communities—65 households receive a drum of oil in 2008.
Coastal’s CDQ Project Fund pays for more trail survival shelters and markers, building renovations, community clean up events, dump site renovations, boardwalk construction, law enforcement team supplies, 4th of July workers, potlatches, Tribal COPS and community multi-use facility matching funds.