Newport fisherman lost after falling overboard F/V Seeker in Bering Sea
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS - March 14, 2014
The Coast Guard has called off its search for a fisherman who fell overboard from his vessel in the Bering Sea Wednesday.
The Coast Guard isn’t releasing the man’s name, but friends, family and local news reports say he is Eric Eder. Eder was fishing aboard the F/V Seeker. The Coast Guard says it’s an 87-foot trawler based in Newport, Oregon.
Eder fell from the Seeker Wednesday morning, 10 miles northwest of Unimak Island.
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