Spurred by increased marine traffic, efforts are afoot to create a Bering Strait Waterways Safety Committee

Spurred by increased marine traffic, efforts are afoot to create a Bering Strait Waterways Safety Committee

By Ariana Crockett O’Harra Tribal representatives and stakeholders from the region, along with outside commercial entities met with the U.S. Coast Guard representatives in Nome last week to discuss the possibility of standing up a Waterways Safety Committee, or WSC, in the Bering Strait region. After hours of presentation on what a WSC is and discussion over what the committee should address, who should be involved and the importance of includin…