F/T Ocean Alaska History
The F/T Ocean Alaska was built in 1980 as a scalloper for the East Coast with the name Barbara Lee. The vessel was brought to the Pacific Northwest and participated in the early days of joint ventures off the Alaska and Washington coasts. In 1991 it was converted to a roe processor. In 1994 it was converted to a head and gut (H & G) freezer vessel. In 2003 the F/T Ocean Alaska joined the United States Seafoods fleet.

Operations
The F/T Ocean Alaska operates ten months a year with a crew of 14 - 18 as a pocket trawler harvesting rex sole, cod, flatfish, rockfish and Atka mackerel in the waters of the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. Its skipper hails from Shishmaref Alaska and is one of the most experienced Captains in the pocket trawler fleet.