FV Pacific Venture; Sitka, Alaska

Sitka, Alaska | 2015-Sep-02

Initial Notification: On Sept 2, 2015, the FV Pacific Venture, a wood-hulled 58’ limit seiner, grounded and subsequently rolled over in the vicinity of The Twins roughly 0.5 to 0.75 nm off the mouth of Indian River, in Sitka, Alaska. The vessel contains approximately 600 gallons of diesel and 50 gallons of other oils. The USCG MSD Sitka requests fates analysis and trajectory.