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US Coast Guard blames high captain, commercial pressures for fatal Dungy crab boat sinking

Among the factors blamed for the sinking of the Mary B II was "the commercial pressures created by the harvesting of Dungeness crab in the Pacific Northwest" -- US Coast Guard

By Jason Huffman | June 21, 2024 16:06 BST
The Mary B II, a Dungeness crab fishing vessel that sunk off the Oregon coast in 2019. Image from US Coast Guard report.
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The US Coast Guard (USCG) has -- after more than five years -- concluded its formal investigation into the capsizing of the Mary B II, a 42-foot Dungeness crab fishing vessel, off the Oregon coast, killing all three crew members [...]

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