Days after deploying to Cold Bay for winter fishing season, Coast Guard medevacs injured crab crewman
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [KUCB/SeafoodNews] Oct 23, 2014
KODIAK, Alaska - Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak crews opened up a seasonal forward operating location in Cold Bay in advance of winter fisheries Sunday.
Coast Guard aircrews transferred equipment and air assets to Cold Bay to reduce the response time to Bristol Bay, the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.
Just days after crab season kicked off, the Coast Guard was called to airlift an injured fisherman this weekend.
The man was loading gear aboard the F/V Icy Mist on Sunday when he was struck by a crab pot...
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