Multimedia Release: Coast Guard, Republic of Marshall Islands respond to grounded fish carrier Ou Ya Leng No. 6

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 01/03/2019 11:51 PM EST

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 Coast Guard, Republic of Marshall Islands responds to
grounded fish carrier Ou Ya Leng No. 6

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A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew flies over the 308-foot Chinese-flagged commercial fish carrier Ou Ya Leng No. 6 on Taka Atoll

A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew flies over the 308-foot Chinese-flagged commercial fish carrier Ou Ya Leng No. 6 on Taka Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Jan. 3, 2019 MHT.

Two fishing vessels are en route and expected to arrive Thursday. The Republic of the Marshall Islands has also dispatched their patrol vessel Lomor to respond.

(U.S. Coast Guard video by HC-130 Hercules 1720/Released)
Coast Guard, Republic of Marshall Islands respond to grounded Ou Ya Leng No. 6

A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew flies over the 308-foot Chinese-flagged commercial fish carrier Ou Ya Leng No. 6 on Taka Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Jan. 3, 2019 MHT.

Two fishing vessels are en route and expected to arrive Thursday. The Republic of the Marshall Islands has also dispatched their patrol vessel Lomor to respond.

(U.S. Coast Guard photo by HC-130 Hercules 1720/Released)
A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew flies over the 308-foot Chinese-flagged commercial fish carrier Ou Ya Leng No. 6

A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew flies over the 308-foot Chinese-flagged commercial fish carrier Ou Ya Leng No. 6 on Taka Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Jan. 3, 2019 MHT.

Two fishing vessels are en route and expected to arrive Thursday. The Republic of the Marshall Islands has also dispatched their patrol vessel Lomor to respond.

(U.S. Coast Guard photo by HC-130 Hercules 1720/Released)
Coast Guard, Republic of Marshall Islands respond to grounded Ou Ya Leng No. 6

A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew flies over the 308-foot Chinese-flagged commercial fish carrier Ou Ya Leng No. 6 on Taka Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Jan. 3, 2019 MHT.

The vessel is reportedly a fish carrier targeting squid in the Western and Central Pacific Fishing Commission area now aground in the territorial waters of the Republic of the Marshall Islands with 24 crew aboard.

Weather in the area is reportedly 11-foot seas with 25 mph winds, forecast to degrade to 14-foot seas with increasing winds.

(U.S. Coast Guard photo by HC-130 Hercules 1720/Released)

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