Editors note: To view or download video or high resolution photos please click on the corresponding image above. All U.S. Coast Guard imagery by Chief Petty Officer Wayne Langley of Air Station Kodiak. KODIAK, Alaska - A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak with an Alaska Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist aboard recovered a wayward acoustic mooring from a beach on the north end of Shelikof Strait Thursday. The mooring, valued at about $20,000, was noticed by Kodiak-resident Mark Withrow while he was out on his boat in the strait and he reported his finding to ADF&G. It was located several hundred feet up on a beach in the splash zone just beyond the intertidal zone among a lot of beached logs. "Because of the location we couldn't have done this without the Coast Guard," said Larry Van Daele, the Kodiak-based wildlife biologist who accompanied the aircrew. "Due to the lumber and the steep angle of the beach
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