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| First District Public Affairs U.S. Coast Guard |
| Press Release |
Date: Jan. 28, 2007 Contact: PA 1 Zach Zubricki |
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COAST GUARD CONTINUES SEARCH FOR MISSING FISHING BOAT The crew of the 75-foot dragger is identified as Antonio Barroqueiro, Rogerio Vendura, Mario Farinha, and Joao Silva. The
Coast Guard detected a signal from missing boat's vessel monitoring
system transponder via satilite. The signal last indicated the boat's
location to be stationery and near an oil sheen 11 nautical miles
north of A Station Menemsha 47-foot Motor Life Boat brought members of the Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council to the scene, which deployed underwater cameras and sonar. This equipment has detected an image beneath the surface consistent with that of a sunken fishing boat. A Law Enforcement Council dive team are on board Coast Guard Cutter Hammerhead, an 87-foot patrol boat home ported in Woods Hole, Mass. The divers are expected to enter the water and determine if the image is in fact the missing boat. Weather conditions are favorable for the search, and the Coast Guard will continue looking for any sign of the vessel's crew while the divers explore an area of interest detected by the sonar and video camera. Coast
Guard air craft and surface vessels have been looking for the fishing
boat since early Saturday morning after it did not arrive at The Coast Guard so far has conducted 25 separate searches covering over 6,000 square miles using an HU-25 Falcon jet and an HH-60 Jayhaw helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod. On the water, Coast Guard Cutters Bainbridge Island, Hammerhead and Seneca have been involved in the search, as well as small boats from Stations Menemsha, Brant Point and Woods Hole. ### Editor's Note : a graphic of the search grid is available on on our website, www.uscgnewendland.com |
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