The Haines harbormaster is recommending the borough close down the Letnikof Dock due to damage to the steel floats until it can be replaced.
Shawn Bell told members of the Ports and Harbors Advisory Committee the news at a meeting on Nov. 16. The dock, which went into use in 1979, is popular with subsistence and commercial users, and sits just across the bay from Haines Packing Company, the area’s only fish processor.
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