Equipment failure causes seiner to sink further
by Tony Gorman
The Coast Guard will have a harder time recovering a salmon seiner that capsized in the Prince William Sound last weekend. On Thursday morning, an equipment failure during salvage operations caused the 36-foot Ice Maiden to completely sink to a depth of 180 ft. Intermittent diesel sheen was spilled as a result. Debris was also scattered over a three-mile corridor. No injuries were reported from the latest incident.
The Seward-based vessel capsized Sunday afternoon while retrieving a net full of salmon. The four-person crew was able to escape to a seine skiff before the incident occurred. The crew was safely transported to Cordova by two Good Samaritan fishing vessels.
The cause of the incident is still under investigation.
The Coast Guard will have a harder time recovering a salmon seiner that capsized in the Prince William Sound last weekend. On Thursday morning, an equipment failure during salvage operations caused the 36-foot Ice Maiden to completely sink to a depth of 180 ft. Intermittent diesel sheen was spilled as a result. Debris was also scattered over a three-mile corridor. No injuries were reported from the latest incident.
The Seward-based vessel capsized Sunday afternoon while retrieving a net full of salmon. The four-person crew was able to escape to a seine skiff before the incident occurred. The crew was safely transported to Cordova by two Good Samaritan fishing vessels.
The cause of the incident is still under investigation.
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