Wednesday, January 23, 2008 the tugboat Joe Foss sunk in 210 feet of water off the Oregon Coast near Tillamook. All three crew members were rescued by a nearby fishing vessel, the Kilchis, before the Coast Guard transferred them to their station in Tillamook Bay. The tug was believed to…
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Fishing Vessel Haeshin Strikes Jetty
January 21, 2008 the 69-foot fishing boat, Haeshin, hit a jetty near Westport, WA and sank into the channel. All three crew members were rescued before the vessel went under in 30 feet of water. The Haeshin reportedly had 540 gallons of diesel aboard when it sank. Crews were unable…
Lady of Grace Sinking Likely Due to Ice
January 25, 2008 Coast Guard investigators announced that the Lady of Grace capsized and sank on January 26, 2007 likely because of excessive ice buildup on the rigging, making it top heavy. The Lady of Grace was approximately 12 miles out from Hyannis, Mass when it sank, losing all four…
EPIRB Assists in Rescue in Sinking of Lady Blackie
Monday, November 26th, 2007: Lady Blackie, a 90 foot fishing vessel, began taking on water at about 4:45 am in Wide Bay in Shelikof Strait. An EPIRB signal alerted the Coast Guard, who was able to make contact with the boat and learned that the vessel was taking on water…
FISHING BOAT AND BARGE COLLIDE
On October 21, 2007 off of Coney Island, New York a 24-foot fishing boat collided with a barge. Two men were killed and two were injured when the fishing boat overturned. Police divers pulled one of the survivors from under the boat and the other was rescued by a passing…
Icicle Seafoods Being Acquired by New York Equity Firm
Icicle Seafoods is being acquired by Fox Paine Management III LLC. On August 5 a news release stated the deal was expected to close within 90 days. Icicle believes that this acquisition will help them to fulfill their vision of growing operations in new markets, and building up their existing…
Injured Fisherman Airlifted to Oregon Hospital
A fisherman had to be airlifted after being injured aboard the fishing vessel Muir Milach near Ilwaco, WA on June 29. A helicopter from Coast Guard Station Astoria and a lifeboat crew from Station Cape Disappointment were dispatched to assist the man, who was later transported to a hospital in…
Collision in Chatham Strait Under Investigation by Coast Guard
The Spirit of Yorktown, a 257-foot cruise vessel, crashed into a much smaller fishing vessel, the Adirondack, on June 25 in Chatham Strait in southeast Alaska. This is the Spirit of Yorktown’s second mishap in two years, the first occurring when the boat ran aground in Washington State last year.…
19 Fisherman Rescued, 20 Still Missing After Boat Capsizes
April 26, 2007: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Only 19 of 39 fishermen have been rescued after the capsizing of their vessel, 20 nautical miles north of Monti Cristi, Dominican Republic. On Tuesday, April 24th, a Good Samaritan vessel rescued two fishermen from the water. The fishermen reported that their vessel,…
Medevac of Injured Fisherman
April 23, 2007: KODIAK, Ak A 39-year-old fisherman was evacuated from the Seattle-based fishing vessel “Cape Kawana” after a report that he was injured and needed medical attention. The vessel was 60 miles south of Kodiak Island when the Coast Guard hoisted the injured man from the deck. He was…