Trident’s Plan to Replace Kodiak Dock Requires Public Comments on Marine Mammal Impacts
Last June, Trident Seafoods asked National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for “… authorization to take marine mammals incidental to pile driving and removal activities associated with the Bunkhouse Dock replacement project in Kodiak, Alaska.” One week ago, NMFS request for public comments appeared in the Federal Register.
The project, slated for March and April 2024, involves removing over 200 pilings — half of them wooden — that support Trident's Bunkhouse Dock in downtown Kodiak and replacing them with about 80 larger-diameter pilings made from steel. The removal and installations ...
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