Montague Island is well known in Seward , Alaska , for its sports fishery , and it is referred to as " The Land of the Giants . " In 2007 , the waters around the island produced a 350-pound ( 156-kg ) halibut and many boats full of fish weighing over 100 pounds ( 45 kg ) each . The island 's coastal ecology has been subjected to " unprecedented amounts of ocean trash " transported by wind and currents from Japan 's March 2011 tsunami , according to the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies in May 2012 . A large-scale clean-up began on 22 May 2012 , funded by The Marine Conservation Alliance Foundation
Japan 's March 2011 tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Montague Island (Alaska)