Coast Guard suspends search for missing fisherman

New Orleans — The Coast Guard has suspended its search at approximately 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 3, 2009, for a missing fisherman in Breton Sound, near Shell Beach, La. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call at approximately 7 a.m., Monday, June 1, 2009, from a crewmember aboard the fishing vessel, Helgie Hovland, reporting that two men fell overboard in Breton Sound approximately...

Coast Guard searches for missing fisherman southeast of New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is searching for a missing crewmember off a fishing vessel in Brenton Sound, approximately 45 miles southeast of New Orleans.