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Seattle firefighters put out a small electrical fire on a 40-foot fishing trawler tied up to a dock at Fishermen’s Terminal just before 11 p.m. tonight, according to department spokesman Kyle Moore. A caller told dispatchers smoke was coming from the boat’s engine, Moore said, but it wasn’t clear whether the boat had been running or…

The Associated Press Fire has damaged the 167-foot Bristol Leader fishing ship moored at Pier 91 in Seattle. Fire Department spokesman Kyle Moore says smoke was reported coming from the galley about 3 a.m. Tuesday, and about two dozen crew members got out safely. Moore says firefighters quickly controlled the fire, but it took them a while to…

UPDATE 10:00 P.M.| Good Samaritan vessels helped evacuate 78 crew members from Arctic Storm Monday evening, while another 42 crew members are staying aboard to man the fishing boat, according to the Coast Guard. The evacuated crew members are being taken to Westport, Wash. by commercial fishing boats Northern Voyager, Golden Alaska, Sea Dawn and Excellence. A…

The Associated Press LA PUSH, Wash. — The Coast Guard is searching for a crewman missing from a commercial fishing boat that sank Friday morning after colliding with another fishing boat 30 miles off La Push on the northern coast of Washington. Petty Officer Nathan Bradshaw in Seattle says four men were aboard the 40-foot vessel that…

A crew member on a Seattle-based fishing boat had to be airlifted off his boat in the Bering Sea Friday after suffering a major electrical shock and heart complications. The ship was about 172 miles northwest of Dillingham, Alaska, when it called for help from the Coast Guard. The 43-year-old man, whose name was not released…

Two cranes work to lift the sunken 140-foot fishing boat out of Penn Cove off Whidbey Island Sunday (Photo by Erika Schultz/ The Seattle Times). Updated 3:46 p.m. From Staff Reporter Jayme Fraser: COUPEVILLE, Whidbey Island — A derelict fishing boat that sank in Penn Cove off Whidbey Island last month was raised to the…

This 128-foot crab boat anchored off Whidbey Island burned and sank Sunday after being engulfed in flames late Saturday night. Officials with the nearby Penn Cover shellfish farm say they suspended harvest to confirm the safety of its products. (Photo by Jennifer Muzzall) The Associated Press UPDATE: 2:35 p.m. | WHIDBEY ISLAND — The PennCove Shellfish…

The operator of a fishing boat apparently fell asleep at the helm and grounded the boat near Neah Bay early today, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The 37-foot boat eventually hit Chibahdehl Rocks, about four miles west of Neah Bay. The Coast Guard sent a lifeboat crew and a helicopter to rescue the fishermen after a report…

Associated Press ANCHORAGE – The Coast Guard says a Seattle fisherman on board a commercial fishing vessel was killed in an apparent industrial accident south of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. Alaska State Troopers on Monday identified the man as 25-year-old Andrew Fotu. Coast Guard Petty Officer Charly Hengen says the captain of the 238-foot Alaska Juris reported Fotu was…