Tag: Commercial Fishermen
Small Alaskan town Unalaska is home to the port of Dutch Harbor, which is an integral area for the state’s salmon fishing season. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA), Dutch Harbor has ranked as one of the top ports in regard to volume of seafood for 22 years in a row. The… Read More
Commercial Diver, Anthony Gockerell, was tragically killed on the job near Port Angeles, Washington on March 3, 2021. Gockerell was performing geoduck clam harvesting at the Dungeness West geoduck tract. He signaled that his surface-supplied umbilical cord, which provides air to the diver, was unable to clear. The crew believed that the diver had become… Read More
Around 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, a 31-year-old crew-member aboard F/V AMERICAN TRIUMPH began experiencing a severe allergic reaction. The vessel contacted Health Force, which recommended medical evacuation by the United States Coast Guard. Coast Guard Command launched a helicopter from Forward Operating Location Cold Bay, Alaska. The rescue crew reached the vessel 101 miles northwest… Read More
A 45-year-old man aboard factory trawler F/V ALASKA OCEAN suffered an arm crush injury on February 21, 2021, in Alaska. HealthForce Partners contacted the Coast Guard command center in Juneau at approximately 7:00 p.m. to request a medical evacuation. The trawler was located 30 miles northeast of Cold Bay when the incident occurred. The Coast… Read More
An unidentified 38-foot fishing boat capsized at the mouth of Tillamook Bay at 4:40 p.m. Saturday afternoon. All four people on board went into the water. Fortunately, the U.S. Coast Guard was observing the area from a nearby watchtower when the incident occurred. Rescue crews were dispatched immediately, and the four mariners were removed from… Read More
A significant fire erupted aboard F/V ALEUTIAN FALCON in the Port of Tacoma overnight and into the morning of February 18, 2021. The vessel is said to be 356 feet in length and docked at Pier 12. It is operated by Trident Seafoods. Firefighters continued to fight the blaze throughout the morning. Officials voiced concern… Read More
Trident Seafoods’ continues to fight a worsening COVID-19 outbreak at its fish processing facility in Akutan, Alaska. The plant, which processes pollock, cod, and crab provided by a fleet of fishing vessels, now has 135 positive coronavirus cases. Evacuations by air and sea have been carried out for some employees. As of Tuesday, January 26,… Read More
At 1820 hours on Sunday, January 24, crab boat F/V SUNUP issued a distress call to the United States Coast Guard. According to the crew, the vessel developed propulsion issues, lost control, and allided with the south jetty entering Humboldt Bay, California. Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay deployed a motor lifeboat and a helicopter to… Read More
Several workers at a Trident Seafoods’ facility in Akutan, Alaska tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week. Those infected were evacuated for treatment in Anchorage. The facility typically employs between 700 and 1,400 people and is a seafood processing hub for pollock, crab, and cod from the Bering Sea. It operates as a closed campus… Read More
The owners of F/V SCANDIES ROSE report that they have resolved lawsuits with two surviving crewmembers and the families of four mariners who died during the December 2019 incident. The crab fishing vessel was managed out of Washington State and sank near Sutwik Island, Alaska. The case reportedly settled out of court for more than… Read More
