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Accident Reports

The crew of the 71-foot F/V Nordic Viking gets a tow from the cutter Vigorous, out of Cape May, N.J., in 2011. The Nordic Viking had engine problems and became disabled. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christian Eichholz.

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The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Oliver Henry visits with residents of Satawal, after safely returning six rescued fishermen and their 22-foot fiberglass boat to the community on Aug. 18. Photo by Ryder Nollan / U.S. Coast Guard

Rescue of six fishermen shows importance of personal locator beacons

Carli Stewart

A foreign long-line fishing vessel, Kim Thu, was moored at Pier 36 at the time of the April explosion, leaving five injured. Photo by Island News

Coast Guard alert after fishing boat explosion in Hawaii

Carli Stewart

Emanuel Silveira was one of the individuals rescued from a fishing vessel off from Brookings, Oregon, last Tuesday. Photo source: GoFundMe

Three rescued from burning Oregon fishing vessel

Carli Stewart

Freezer Trawler Royal Greenland

Freezer trawler damaged in collision with iceberg

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F/V Second Chance has been beached since July 31, when the vessel experienced engine failure. The U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed salvage efforts. Photo by Second Chance GoFundMe page

Ongoing salvage efforts for beached shrimp boat

Carli Stewart

F/V Three Girls. Photo by Nicholas Ducharme on Marine Traffic

Fishing vessel Three Girls catches fire, crew abandoned ship

Carli Stewart

Photo and video by Colin Yager

Whale capsizes fishing boat off New Hampshire coast

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The Lucky 7 aboard the Coast Guard vessel after being rescued from a life raft that floated in the Atlantic for over two days. Photo by the Canadian Coast Guard

Seven missing Canadian fishermen found and rescued

Carli Stewart

Once the fire on the Bristol Bay gillnetter, Jordyn Rose got out of control, there was little anyone could do. The boat burned so completely that local fire officials have nothing to investigate, and the cause remains unknown. Photo by Michelle Conor

Fire ends Bristol Bay fisherman's season

Paul Molyneaux

The crew of the fishing vessel Tremont evacuates after the Oct. 28, 2022 collision with the containership MSC Rita 55 miles off Virginia, with fishing vessel Drysten in the background, as seen from the research vessel Atlantis. Lance Wills photo/ via NTSB

Safety lessons for mariners from NTSB Safer Seas Digest 2023

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Five fishing boats were completely destroyed in a fire at the Magdalen Islands' Grande-Entrée wharf Sunday morning. Photo by CBC/ Louie Clark/ Facebook

5 fishing boats lost to fire on Quebec island

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