Saturday, August 1, 2009

Search under way for man overboard at Togiak

The U.S. Coast Guard says it's searching for a man who fell off the fishing vessel Miss Colleen on Friday night in Togiak Bay near Anchor Point.

A Coast Guard press release identifies the man as Benjamin Symmes, 31, hometown unknown.

It adds the Miss Colleen is homeported in Metlakatla.

It's not clear to me whether this was a commercial fishing accident.

If it was, it could turn out to be the second fishing fatality this season at Togiak, which is one of the Bristol Bay salmon districts.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Miss Colleen

http://www.fvnorthwestern.com/northwestern/crew-2/nick-mavar-jr/

Anonymous said...

I'm so sorry for your loss of your son Diane. We'll keep praying for you and your family.

Anonymous said...

Ben was from Whitefish Mt. He was a friend of the family, and a close pal of our son!!
Ray & Penny Simpson
Whitefish,Mt