LA PUSH (OLYMPIA) – The U.S. Coast Guard (Coast Guard), Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology), Foss Maritime, Global Diving & Salvage and NRC-Environmental Services are responding to an 80-foot fishing vessel that sank Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. in about 360 feet of water approximately 13 miles west of La Push.
The Coast Guard safely removed all five crew members from the Vicious Fisher by about 6 p.m. after final efforts to dewater the vessel failed. No injuries have been reported.
The steel hulled Vicious Fisher out of Bellingham went down with approximately 3,800 gallons of diesel fuel on board.
The Jeffrey Foss, the privately-funded emergency response vessel stationed at Neah Bay, was dispatched and divers from Global Diving & Salvage have been hired to assess the potential for salvage. NRC-Environmental Services have booms and oil skimmers available for any potential pollution response.
The owner of the Vicious Fisher is financially liable for the response efforts.
The location where the Vicious Fisher went down is located in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary and is near the Quileute Indian Tribe reservation.
More information about salvage and recovery efforts – including potential pollution threats – will be provided as soon as it becomes available. On scene officials have not seen any signs of pollution.
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