NOAA Research Vessel Named After Alaskan.

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Recently passed legislation, which funds the Department of Commerce, provides the next National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries research vessel be named after Alaskan Oscar Dyson and home-ported in his hometown of Kodiak.

Dyson served on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council for nine years, retiring in 1994. He worked in the fishing industry for a half century before he died in October 1995. "Oscar deserves this tribute for...