15-02-2017 00:15 via alaskapublic.org

UPDATE: Coast Guard calls off search for missing crabbing vessel passengers

(U.S. Coast Guard District 17)UPDATE: 2:14 p.m. Feb. 14, 2017
After nearly three days, the U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for six fishermen missing since Saturday, when their crabbing vessel disappeared in the Bering Sea.
Coast Guard officials made the announcement Monday (Feb. 13) night, after search parties found no sign of the F/V Destination — apart from a floating tangle of debris that included the boat’s emergency beacon, several buoys and a life ring.
The 98-foot v
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