Three Alaska-based commercial fishing companies and their manager have been fined over $1.18 million by a federal district court in Anchorage for multiple violations of the Clean Water Act, following a prolonged and illegal pattern of bilge oil dumping in coastal Alaskan waters.
The judgment was handed down against three affiliated entities—F/V Knot EZ LLC, Aleutian Tendering LLC, and Alaska Tendering Company LLC—after they failed to respond to a civil complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the U.S. Coast Guard in October 2024.
The environmental violations date back to July 2022, when the Coast Guard responded to a sinking incident involving the fishing tender vessel Knot EZ at anchor in Kodiak Harbour. During the emergency response, an oil spill was observed, triggering an investigation that uncovered a systematic discharge of oily bilge water directly into Alaskan coastal waters.
Federal investigators found that the companies had installed unauthorised piping aboard Knot EZ, enabling the vessel’s engine room waste—containing oil, fuel, lubricants, and water—to be pumped overboard daily or near
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