Highland Light is part of the Yardarm Knot Group which was established in 1988 by Washington fishermen to harvest and process Alaska crab, salmon, and groundfish. Yardarm Knot took delivery of the c/p Highland Light in 1990 from Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Co. of Mobile, Alabama.
The vessel is designed to process and package headed and gutted fish, fish roe and fillets. Highland Light has entered into an agreement with Coastal Villages to harvest and process CDQ pollock beginning in the year 2000.