Recent Updates
March 08, 2010
COURT DENIES ICICLE SEAFOOD?S MOVE TO REDUCE $1.3 MILLION DOLLAR PUNITIVE DAMAGE AWARD
March 03, 2010
ALASKA RANGER DOCUMENTARY - MAYDAY, BERING SEA TO AIR ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL
March 02, 2010
Three Crewmen Die When Cruise Ship Crashes While Docking In Egypt
February 22, 2010
ALASKA CRAB BOAT NORTHWESTERN DOCKS AT SEATTLE FISHERMANS TERMINAL
January 29, 2010
ICICLE SEAFOODS ORDERED TO PAY INJURED SEAMAN ATTORNEY FEES FOR MAINTENANCE AND CURE TRIAL
January 28, 2010
FOUR CREWMEN RESCUED FROM MISSING TUGBOAT
January 25, 2010
ALASKA FACTORY TRAWLER FLEET BEGINS 2010 FISHING SEASON
January 20, 2010
EXXON OIL TANKER LOSES POWER IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
January 20, 2010
MARATHON OIL DECKHAND DIES AFTER FALL OVERBOARD
January 20, 2010
ALASKA FISHING VESSEL ORDERED TO RETURN TO PORT FOR SAFETY VIOLATIONS
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Missing Crewmembers / Persons
TWO FISHERMEN MISSING FROM 38-FOOT FISHING BOAT - ONE MAN RESCUED
Posted by: Joseph S. Stacey
December 28, 2009
The Christmas eve sinking of the 38-foot Alisha Marie has caused the death of two New Jersey fishermen. One crewman, Robert Cooper, of Point Pleasant, was able to get into the vessel's life raft and was rescued by the United States Coast Guard. The Coast Guard responded to an emergency distress signal from the vessel, received around 7:45 P.M. on Wednesday.
CRAB FISHERMEN'S BODIES RECOVERED FROM BODEGA BAY CALIFORNIA
Posted by: James Beard
December 07, 2009
Two crab fishermen's bodies have been recovered in Bodega Bay. The two fishermen left to go fishing in a 20 foot boat on Thanksgiving morning. When they failed to return, the Coast Guard began a search indicating waves in the range of 10-12 feet. The bodies of the two crewmen were washed ashore near Westside Regional Park. The circumstances of the accident are not known and the vessel has not been recovered at this time.
FISHERMAN RESCUED AFTER FALLING OVERBOARD NEAR CHANNEL ISLANDS CALIFORNIA
Posted by: James Beard
December 07, 2009
A Mayday message was issued when a crewman was discovered missing from his fishing vessel 5 miles west of the Channel Islands. It is unclear when the crewman fell overboard. He was last seen on the vessel almost an hour prior to the Mayday call. The Coast Guard responded by dispatching a 47 foot motor life boat and a HH-65C Dolphin Helicopter. Miraculously, with the aide of spotlights from the helicopter, the crewman was spotted treading water approximately a quarter mile away from his fishing vessel. He was rescued by the motor life boat. The crewman was being treated for hypothermia and transported to St. John's hospital in Oxnard, California.
COAST GUARD NARROWS SERACH AREA FOR MISSING CRUISE SHIP PASSENGER
Posted by: James M. Beard
September 25, 2009
The Coast Guard has reported that it has narrowed its search for a missing cruise ship passenger who was reported as having fallen overboard from the cruise ship SAPPHIRE PRINCESS. The Coast Guard received information from the cruise line that estimates the cruise ship passenger fell overboard the SAPPHIRE PRINCESS shortly after departing Ketchikan Alaska. The Coast Guard is narrowing is search to approximately 15 miles south of Ketchikan Alaska.
COAST GUARD SEARCHING FOR MISSING CRUISE PASSENGER IN ALASKA?S INSIDE PASSAGE
Posted by: James M. Beard
September 25, 2009
The Coast Guard has reported that it is searching for a missing passenger from the Princess Cruise Line ship SAPPHIRE PRINCESS en route from Ketchikan Alaska. The woman was reported missing after she failed to leave the SAPPHIRE PRINCESS cruise ship as scheduled when it arrived in Vancouver. The crew of the SAPPHIRE PRINCESS have searched the cruise ship and found no signs of the passenger.
COAST GUARD SEARCHING FOR MAN OVERBOARD FROM THE BELLA ROSE
Posted by: James M. Beard
September 21, 2009
The Coast Guard has reported that it has suspended its search for a missing crewmember from aboard the BELLA ROSE. The BELLA ROSE, a 63 foot trawler, reported that between 12 p.m. and 12:30 p.m., Friday, September 11, a crewmember had gone missing and was assumed fallen overboard.
The Coast Guard sent a search and resuce jet and helicopter, the cutter VIGOROUS to search for the missing crewmember and an additional five Good Samartian fishing vessels in area were assisting in the search.
The following day, after having searched approximately 1,330 square miles, the Coast Guard called off the search after not being able to find the crewmember.
TRIDENT SEAFOODS LOSSES CREWMAN OVERBOARD OFF OF ALEUTIAN FALCON
Posted by: James M. Beard
August 31, 2009
The Canadian Coast Guard has reported that a fish processor aboard Trident Seafoods' vessel ALEUTIAN FALCON has been lost overboard. The 30 year old crewman was last seen aboard the vessel around noon on Thursday and discovered missing around 4:00 P.M. The ALEUTIAN FALCON was transiting between Port Neville to Campbell River and retraced its route in an attempt to locate the missing crewman. The crewman's body was recovered by kayakers near Port McNeill on Friday Afternoon.
The ALEUTIAN FALCON is a 223 foot Alaska Fish Processor which carries a crew of up to 120 fish processors. The circumstances of how the crewman fell overboard are unknown at this time.
Coast Guard Suspends Search For Missing Crewman
Posted by: James M. Beard
August 27, 2009
On August 10, 2009, the Coast Guard has reported that it has suspended its search for a 23 year old Russian man who was reported as having fallen overboard on the HYUNDAI TOKYO on July 26, 2009. The 996 foot container ship was approximately 180 miles South of Unimak Island when Alexey Lyalyeaev went missing. The Coast Guard searched for almost 27 hours and covered more than 2,329 square miles using two HC-130 Hercules aircrafts and a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter. The HYUNDAI TOKYO retraced its course for almost 11 hours searching for Lyalyeaev. Once the ship reached the position where Lyalyeaev was last seen, the Ship's crew spent 90 minutes searching the area for him.
The Coast Guard reported that Lyalyeaev is the eighth crewman to have died falling overboard since January, 2009.
SEARCH SUSPENDED FOR DIVER MISSING IN SAN JUAN ISLANDS
Posted by: James M. Beard
August 13, 2009
The Coast Guard has reported that it has suspended a search for a recreational diver missing in the San Juan Islands. According to the Coast Guard, the diver failed to surface from a group dive on Wednesday and the United States Coast Guard was contacted at around 3:15 p.m. The Coast Guard and San Juan County responded but a surface and air search failed to successfully locate the missing diver. The search spanned approximately 46 square nautical miles and five hours. The missing 40 year old diver is believed to have been an experienced diver with U.S. Navy diving experience.
