Coast Guard, local agencies find body of missing lobsterman off Jonesport, Maine

Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft and MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo by Petty Officer Andrew Barresi
BOSTON — Coast Guard and local agencies recovered the body of the missing lobersterman Tuesday off Doyle Island, Maine.
At approximately 5 p.m., Maine State Police and Maine Warden Service divers recovered the lobsterman about 200 yards west from where he entered the...
Coast Guard, local agencies search for missing lobsterman off Jonesport, Maine

Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft and MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo by Petty Officer Andrew Barresi
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — The Coast Guard and local agencies are searching for a person in the water Tuesday near Doyle Island, Maine.
A good Samaritan reported to watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Northern New England that he saw a person falling into the water from...
Coast Guard rescues 2 fishermen off Nash Island, Maine

US Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter File Photo
BOSTON — The Coast Guard rescued two fishermen off Nash Island, Maine, Thursday, after their lobster boat became disabled when a swell pushed the vessel onto a rock causing them to swim to shore.
At 5:40 p.m., a concerned neighbor called watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Jonesport reporting that his neighbors went fishing at 11 a.m. in a 21-foot...
Coast Guard, Canada, partner agencies search for a possible missing kayaker off Maine

Coast Guard 47-foot Motor Lifeboat file photo
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for a man calling mayday who possibly fell out of his kayak Wednesday morning off the coast of Maine.
A man broadcasted mayday three times over the radio at about 10:15 a.m., and Coast Guard Sector Northern New England received the hail. Through a broken radio transmission, it is believed the man fell out of his kayak...
Coast Guard, good Samaritans respond to boat taking on water off the coast of Maine

Coast Guard 47-foot Motor Lifeboat file photo
BOSTON — Crews from Coast Guard Station Jonesport and Coast Guard Station Southwest Harbor along with several good Samaritans responded to a boat taking on water Wednesday morning 30 miles south of Englishman Bay, Maine.
At around 9:50 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Northern New England watchstanders were notified that the 48-foot motor vessel Variant was taking...
Four headed home to Gloucester after Coast Guard helps fishermen dewater, make repairs to flooding

A small-boat deployed from the Coast Guard Cutter Moray, a coastal patrol boat homeported in Jonesport, Maine, helps the crew aboard fishing vessel Tyler after the boat started taking on water about 60 miles southeast of Vinalhaven, Maine, Friday, August 26, 2016. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Amanda Gerber.
BOSTON — Four people are safely making their way back to port Friday following a multi-asset...
Coast Guard medevacs unresponsive fisherman near Jonesport, Maine

BOSTON — A Coast Guard rescue crew medevaced an unresponsive crewman from the fishing vessel Melinda Ann Saturday afternoon from Englishman Bay near Jonesport, Maine.
Coast Guard Station Jonesport watchstanders were notified by the Melinda Ann at around 1:50 p.m. that a crewman had fallen overboard and was unresponsive when recovered.
A 29-foot rescue boat crew from the station was underway at the...
Coast Guard, local fishermen save sinking boat in Maine

BOSTON — A Coast Guard search and rescue team and a local fishing crew worked together Saturday to save a fishing boat from sinking near Great Wass Island, Maine.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Northern New England Command Center in Portland, Maine received notification that the 34-foot Lady Annette was flooding with one person aboard.
Rescue crews from Coast Guard Station Jonesport launched...
Coast Guard Station Jonesport assists Canadian fishing crew in Maine

BOSTON — Coast Guard rescue crews assisted a Canadian-flagged fishing vessel early Friday morning after it began taking on water near Chandler Bay, Maine.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Northern New England Command Center in Portland, Maine, received a mayday call at 4:28 a.m. from the three-person crew aboard the fishing vessel Jill Marie, indicating their 50-foot vessel struck a rock...