fishing boat sinks
Marjuro, MARSHALL ISLANDS — Twenty-two fishermen and a fisheries observer escaped with only the clothes they were wearing when a purse seine vessel sank off the Marshall Islands.
American Captain Jim Santos said the over 60-metre long fishing vessel Yap Seagull began taking on water as it neared...

![Yap Seagull Captain, American Jim Santos, right, got his crew off the fishing vessel just minutes before it sank in heavy seas off Majuro on Friday. He is pictured here with some of his crew having a meal at the Toeak Bar & Grill in Majuro the day after the vessel sank. [photo: Hilary Hosia via RNZ Pacific] Fishing boat crew](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fishing_crew_web.jpg?itok=cQDTFPv3)