This convenient and oft-visited fishing spot on Kodiak Island was frequented by True Parents when ocean fishing was not practical.

Beautiful imagery and testimonies of many who joined Ocean Challenge and other ocean training activities in Kodiak. 

Many sisters shared quality time with True Mother, collecting sea urchins, gathering at a rural lodge or angling for salmon on the rivers of Kodiak island.

True Parents visited Barrow, known as the "Top of the World", the most northern city in America.

True Parents frequented this river to fish for salmon.

Fishing for king salmon at Chignik.

Salmon fishing at Kenai River and Kasilof.

Silver Salmon fishing at Marka Bay.

True Parents occasionally fished here as well.

Salmon fishing at Fossil Beach and on the Pasagshak River.

Halibut fishing near Whale Island.

Experiencing the wildlife outdoors in Alaska.

Raising public awareness of the need for a land-based thoroughfare between the Americas and Asia via the bearing straits tunnel, a project envisioned by Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon as a crucial link of the International Peace Highway connecting all humanity together, boosting economics, trade, culture and peacemaking.

European Ocean Providence Pioneers

We invite all in this group to contact us for an interview to share their experiences in this historic first wave of international seafood business pioneers trained in Kodiak.

43 Alaska Seafood Pioneer sisters

A compendium is being prepared of testimonies from surviving members of the 43 Alaska Seafood Pioneer couples, part of the larger 50 couples who came to Kodiak as a group to help ISA grow.

On 7th Avenue, near Cordova Street.

Early mainland Alaska Unification Church developments.

A grander vision for development of the providence in the Anchorage area, as Alaska state headquarters. 

(Photo courtesy of Kenneth W. Whitmore)

Testimonies of gatherings at True Parents' earliest residence in Kodiak.

This property served both as True Family's local residence and a training center and conference center and continues to provide lodging for National Ocean Church Program, training youth and young adults in boating and fishing activities and for visitors.

Initially constructed as a day care center and chapel, Angel Garden is also serving in support of NOCP activities and youth activities.

All about the former winery with 5 houses, transformed into an International training workshop site.

Building on Rev. Moon's vision for Ocean Church, training young people to love and care for the oceans and to build a strong bond of heart with God in the wild Alaskan environment, the Kodiak Ocean Challenge program revitalized the concept and activities in Kodiak and went national, becoming National Ocean Challenge Program, with participants from across the country and around the globe, and has since come under the umbrella of the Kodiak chapter of Ocean Tribe. (see: Kodiak Ocean Tribe)

Rev. Moon invited 150 professors from across the Republic of Korea to come to Kodiak to learn to fish and receive spiritual training directly from himself. Participants  went to sea on the Green Hope and a several Good Go boats to fish for halibut in the Afognak Strait.

The lynchpin developed to support and leverage the movement into economic prosperity by serving the nutritional needs of mankind.

Expansion of ISA to a two-plant operation.

Home to many unificationist members during their seafood processing and ocean providence missions in Kodiak.

A quaint little hotel where numerous guests of True Parents' activities and related organizations could stay while experiencing the beautiful environment of Kodiak..

Fishing Vessel "King of Alaska"

A brief testimony of the faith-challenging first commercial fishing activity with the boat "King of Alaska" and the earliest launch of the Alaskan "ocean providence".

A commercial fishing vessel management and operations business for harvesting from the Bearing Sea and North Pacific fisheries.

Declaration at the founding of Top Ocean, signed by Rev. Sun Myung Moon on August 24th, 1987 at North Garden, Kodiak, Alaska.

 Photo courtesy of Kenneth Wayne Whitmore.

Established in Kodiak as first of an originally intended 5-vessel, 5-flag international business group, to own and operate large factory trawlers in the Southern Ocean, to harvest the most abundant marine fauna species, Antarctic Krill, producing human grade food products, targeted for the seafood sector with emphasis on developing a humanitarian aid krill powder product.