Datasets / Akutan, Alaska bottomfish harbor study feasibility stage: Planning aid report


Akutan, Alaska bottomfish harbor study feasibility stage: Planning aid report

Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Issued over 9 years ago

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a one-off release of a single dataset

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Not Applicable

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Creative Commons CCZero

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Description

Six alternatives are presently being studied by the Corps of Engineers, in conjunction with facilitating construction of a bottomfish harbor at Akutan Harbor located on Akutan Island in the Aleutian Islands. The alternatives represent a variety of engineering designs in a variety of topographic areas. Even though the environmental impacts for each alternative fall into similar categories, the extent and magnitude of concern will vary between them; therefore, we have preliminarily determined that the Akutan Point alternative is the least environmentally acceptable site and should be avoided. The Head of Bay alternative is also classified as least environmentally acceptable but to a lesser degree than Akutan Point. Those alternatives more environmentally acceptable for project construction include Salthouse Cove, South Beach, Whaling Station, and MidHarbor North and South.