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The factory trawler Alaska Juris lists to port in this still from a U.S. Coast Guard video. One of three inflatable liferafts can be seen near the Juris’ bow. Several good Samaritan vessels came to the aid of 46 crewmembers from a factory trawler that started taking on water Wednesday in the Bering Sea near the island of Kiska. The …

Four crewmembers escaped safely when their fishing boat rolled over near the Alaska Peninsula on Friday. “So just before 8 p.m. this past Friday, our district watch standers received an EPIRB alert of a 41-foot fishing vessel, Carmelina, located approximately 35 nautical miles west of Kodiak Island,” said U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Kelly Parker in Kodiak. “The vessel had …