Our Harbors
Certified Harbors
To become a certified Alaska Clean Harbor, a facility must implement best management practices that help to prevent pollution and reduce waste at their facility. They must be pro-active in communicating with their customers and dedicated to providing services and assistance to their staff and boaters to protect water quality. We know that drips and spills will still happen, but through working with Alaska Clean Harbors, we believe that these harbors are making change and improving our water quality and the quality of our harbors.
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Homer Small Boat Harbor
Homer was the first harbor to be certified and is freshly recertified in 2026 as a platinum-tier working hard to support its maritime community.
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Juneau Harbors
The Juneau Harbor system was re-certified in 2023. Read the city's resolution of support their Press Release. Their next recertification will be due in 2026.
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Nome Small Boat Harbor
Serving as the gateway to the Arctic, Nome harbor became our first certified harbor in Western Alaska in 2026 and the second ever to attain platinum-tier.
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Seward Harbor
Seward is freshly recertified in 2026 as our third platinum tier harbor and continues to go above and beyond in their pollution prevention efforts.
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Skagway Small Boat Harbor
Skagway is the newest certified Alaska Clean Harbor, achieving gold-tier certification in 2025.
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Valdez Harbors
Valdez became the first harbor to achieve platinum-tier certification in 2024 —the highest standard in the Alaska Clean Harbors program.
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Whittier Harbor
Whittier Harbor became a gold-tier certified clean harbor in 2025 and is leading the way in underwater cleanups in partnership with Dive Alaska.
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Yakutat Harbor
In 2024, Yakutat became the first remote rural harbor to achieve gold-tier certification using the latest clean harbors criteria.
Pledged Harbors
Communities That Have Signed The Pledge
Support from the community is one of the first steps to becoming a certified Alaska Clean Harbor. The vast majority of marinas/harbors in Alaska are publicly owned and operated. As such, we look to the City or Borough to sign on to the pursuit of Clean Harbor certification. Below is a list of our pledged harbors, with a link to their resolutions of support (as available) or additional information about the harbor.
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Dillingham (2024)
The Port of Dillingham stands as a pivotal regional hub catering to numerous villages in southwest Alaska. It provides an extensive array of amenities including docking facilities, a boat yard, and comprehensive marine services.
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Kodiak (2024)
Kodiak is proud to offer a full range of dockage, boat yard and marine services for commercial fishing, cargo, passenger, and recreational vessels.