{"id":31931,"date":"2020-12-13T19:19:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T19:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/13\/coast-guard-did-not-warn-us-fishermen-about-russia-military-exercises\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:52:14","slug":"coast-guard-did-not-warn-us-fishermen-about-russia-military-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2020\/12\/13\/coast-guard-did-not-warn-us-fishermen-about-russia-military-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard did not warn US fishermen about Russia military exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ANCHORAGE, Alaska \u2014 The U.S. Coast Guard\u2019s second-highest ranking officer assumed some of the blame for Russian military intimidation of Bering Sea commercial fishermen this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adm. Charles Ray told a U.S. Senate panel Tuesday that the Coast Guard knew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/08\/30\/russian-navy-conducts-major-maneuvers-near-alaska\/\" target=_blank>Russia was conducting military exercises in August<\/a> and failed to inform members of the U.S. Bering Sea fishing sector, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskapublic.org\/2020\/12\/09\/russian-intimidation-of-bering-sea-fisherman-shows-gap-in-arctic-investment-sullivan-says\/\" target=_blank>Alaska Public Media <\/a>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis was not our best day with regards to doing our role to look after American fishermen,\u201d Ray said. \u201cI\u2019ll just be quite frank: We own some of this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Coast Guard now holds regular meetings with Bering Sea industry representatives, Ray said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/08\/30\/russian-navy-conducts-major-maneuvers-near-alaska\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20241399195787.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russian navy conducts major maneuvers near Alaska<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Russian navy conducted major war games near Alaska involving dozens of ships and aircraft, the military said Friday, the biggest such drills in the area since Soviet times.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At-sea Processors Association Director Stephanie Madsen said commercial fishermen fear being caught in the crossfire as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2020\/07\/21\/armed-with-a-new-arctic-strategy-the-air-force-seeks-increased-connectivity-in-the-region\/\" target=_blank>Russia and the U.S. vie for dominance in the Arctic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Madsen told the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Security that a fishing crew was harassed by the Russian military for five hours during one event, including threats from a warship and a military aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA Russian warplane flew overhead for two hours, issuing warnings and threats via radio in broken English,\u201d Madsen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The captain of the fishing vessel, Northern Jaeger, believed he had no choice but to comply and sail five hours south, Madsen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another instance, Russian planes repeatedly buzzed two American vessels and warned of live missile fire. 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