Coast Guard searching for possible man overboard in Auke Bay area

U.S. Coast Guard helicopter flies near Don D. Statter Harbor in Auke Bay on Sunday. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)
The Coast Guard is searching the Auke Bay area for a 27-year-old mariner who fell overboard from 60-foot fishing tender, the Beaufort Sea, on Sunday. Operations Specialist 2nd Class Brandon Daves said the report came in at 11 a.m. Sunday.
“They’d seen one of their crewmembers who was on deck sleeping at approximately 6 o’clock in the morning; (it) was the last ti