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Press Release

Date: August 1, 2005
Contact: Petty Officer Mike Zolzer
206-220-7237

FISHING VESSEL TERMINATED FOR SAFETY VIOLATIONS

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a 56-foot fishing vessel Saturday afternoon near Destruction Island, Wash., after finding multiple safety violations on the vessel.

The Coast Guard Cutter Active, a 210-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Port Angeles, Wash., conducted a boarding of the tribal fishing vessel Yun Ye and terminated its voyage for not having enough survival suits onboard, insufficient number of flares and having an expired life raft onboard.

Coast Guard Station Quillayute River, Ore., escorted the vessel safely into La Push, Wash.

The Coast Guard periodically checks vessels for compliance with the Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Act, which sets safety equipment requirements aboard commercial vessels. By law vessel operators must ensure their vessels have the required equipment on board. This can prevent loss of life and Coast Guard voyage terminations that cost valuable fishing time. For more information on the importance of the CFVSA program, contact Dan Hardin, Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Coordinator, at 206-220-7226.

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