Pacific Spirit Marine Institute
Sunday, March 23, 2008
CNN is reporting the U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed 4 dead from the Alaska Ranger. 1crew member is still missing.
Please see our previous post.
Labels: Alaska Ranger, Fishing Company of Alaska
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4 Dead 1 Missing From Alaska Ranger Fishing Boat.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
26 members of the 180-foot Alaska Ranger have been rescued from life boats. The Seattle based fishing boat started taking on water after losing control of its rudder This morning around 3a.m.
The boat was about 120 miles off Alaska.
Komo TV Seattle is reporting all 47 crew members abandoned ship and made it safely to life rafts. No injuries have been reported so far. The rafts are in 6 to 8 foot seas being pushed by approximately 25 knot winds which is said to be rough weather for life rafts, but it could be worse.
The boat was about 120 miles west of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The boat is a catcher-processing vessel operated by the Fishing Company of Alaska.
The Alaska Ranger’s sister ship, the Alaska Warrior was nearby and is helping the Coast Guard in the rescue.
According to a report at NOAA, in 2001-2004 the Fishing Company of Alaska, through its agents, committed numerous violations, including: tampering with or destroying observer’s samples and equipment; failing to provide observers a safe work area; failing to notify observers prior to bringing fish aboard to allow sampling of the catch; failing to provide reasonable assistance to observers; and interfering with or biasing sampling procedure employed by observers.
The fine for these actions, which came in 2006, was $254,500.00 for violations of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The fishing vessel Alaska Juris’s 3 captains were also assessed a protion of that civil penalty. The charges were a result of a multiple-year investigation conducted by special agents in the Alaska division of NOAA Fisheries Service’s Office of Law Enforcement.
Read more about this here!
Read about a successful appeal by the Fishing Company of Alaska in relation to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation Act here!
We wish the crew and rescue persons safety.
Photo: Alaskan Ranger, Yahoo news
Labels: Alaska, FV Alaska Ranger, Fishing Company of Alaska, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, NOAA, Rescued, Ship sinking, marine mammals
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Alaska Ranger Sinking. 47 Crew Being Rescued Near Alaska.
