Brand-new salmon carrier sinks
A salmon carrier operated by Camanchaca and which had only been in operation for a few weeks sank rapidly in southern Chilean waters.
A salmon carrier operated by Camanchaca and which had only been in operation for a few weeks sank rapidly in southern Chilean waters.
A crewman became unwell on a fishing vessel over 200 miles from Stornoway, his condition serious enough to require urgent medical attention. The UK Coastguard sent two search and rescue helicopters, one from Inverness and one from Stornoway, to the scene off west of Scotland.
A lobster boat from York, Maine was yesterday disabled by heavy sea conditions and its two crew were rescued by a Coast Guard response boat.
A US Coast Guard and the crew of a fishing vessel responded when a trawler capsized and sank at the mouth of the Astoria River in Oregon.
US Coast Guard aircrew yesterday airlifted four crew from a disabled fishing vessel 230 nautical miles ESE of Kodiak.
A beam trawler from Belgium is reported to have capsized last night off the English coast north-east of Ramsgate.
A 72 metre trawler sent a distress call from a position approximately 700 nautical miles west of Dutch Harbor as crew were unable to control flooding. The crew abandoned ship into liferafts and have all been rescued.
A Danish fishing vessel was lost on Saturday evening in a position 30 miles north of Skagen as it rapidly took on water. Two crew members were picked up by another boat fishing nearby.
Thirteen fire appliances attended a fire on board a trawler in the Port of Lyttleton in New Zealand this morning. The fire was quickly brought under control. Six of the crew were treated for smoke inhalation and four were taken to hospital.
An appeal has been launched following the loss of the crabber Louisa off the Western Isles at the weekend in which three crewmen lost their lives and one was rescued after swimming for the shore.