Coast Guard teams responded to rescue four men aboard a sinking shrimp boat off the coast of Jamaica Beach early Friday. They are now monitoring a pollution response because of diesel fuel aboard the vessel.
At around 1:20 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston received a notification that a shrimp boat was taking on water about eleven miles south of Jamaica Beach.Upon arrival at the scene, the response boat crew reported back that the shrimp boat, Captain Alex, was 86 feet in length and had four people aboard.
According to a news release, the response boat crew attempted to use a pump to “assist with dewatering the vessel.” Oily water in the engine room made that not possible. The Coast Guard is now monitoring pollution response efforts as a result of 17,000 gallons of diesel fuel that may have been aboard the vessel.
The Coast Guard says it removed the four men safely from the boat and transported them to Station Galveston.
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