National Fisherman

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 Emmy Rose, an 82-foot groundfish trawler based in Portland, Maine, was lost at sea on Nov. 23, 2020. Rink Varian photo.

NTSB: Unsecured deck hatches, downflooding likely sank Emmy Rose

Kirk Moore

The Honolulu-based longliner Blue Dragon was struck by a sudden fire in the wheelhouse in November 2021. Coast Guard photos.

NTSB: Electrical fault suspected in Hawaii longliner fire

Kirk Moore

One fishermen died and another was injured when the Coast Guard cutter Winslow Griesser collided with their boat near Puerto Rico on Aug. 8, 2022. Coast Guard photo.

One dead after Coast Guard cutter, fishing vessel collide off Puerto Rico

NF Staff

A 42-foot salmon troller caught fire and burned to the waterline June 18 off Manzanita Beach, Ore. The owner operated was rescued by a Good Samaritan vessel, according to the Coast Guard. Coast Guard Tillamook Bay photo.

One rescued from Oregon boat fire

NF Staff

The F/V Coastal Reign capsized on Oregon's Garibaldi Bar on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2021, killing two members of its four-person crew. Facebook photo

Coast Guard to present Coastal Reign accident findings

NF Staff

Grounding and Sinking of Fishing Vessel Sage Catherine Lane

Unattended wheelhouse leads to grounding of fishing vessel

NF Staff

The Nobska on fire before the crew was rescued, as recorded by a Coast Guard HC-144 aircraft. Coast Guard image.

NTSB: Hydraulic leak triggered fire on Georges Bank trawler

Kirk Moore

The Aleutian Falcon at pierside before the Feb. 17, 2021 shipyard fire. Trident Seafoods Corporation photo.

NTSB: Poor planning for shipyard ‘hot work’ blamed for fish processor fire

Kirk Moore

The fishing vessel Tenacious ran aground and sank at the entrance to Wells Passage near Whittier, Alaska, on July 24, 2021. Photo by Zimmerman Fisheries LLC via NTSB.

NTSB says fatigue, inactive bridge alarms led to Alaska grounding and sinking

Kirk Moore

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Pelican, an 87-foot patrol boat homeported in Corpus Christi, Texas, tows a disabled 84-foot fishing boat after a vessel collision 15 miles off Port O’Connor, Texas, July 26, 2021. The Pelican crew safely transferred the tow — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Pelican out of Corpus Christi, Texas, tows the disabled 84-foot shrimp boat Aiden Boy after a collision with another fishing boat about 15 miles off Port O’Connor. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Pelican photo

Video: Coast Guard rescues five crew off Texas coast

Jessica Hathaway

Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association photo.

Texas captain dies after F/V Pneuma capsizes in Alaska’s Bristol Bay

Jessica Hathaway