Then, on Sept. 14, another Omega boat broke its net and lost another 350,000 fish. Around the same time, a vessel owned by Westbank dumped between 100,000 and 300,000 fish into the Gulf.

In an update Wednesday, officials said the crew of a commercial fishing boat who helped rescue a man who had fallen overboard the chemical tanker MTM Dublin had died from the nearly 40-foot drop.

The boat’s crew issued an emergency mayday call at 12:07 a.m., the Coast Guard said. A state ferry in the area watched as the boat’s signal disappeared just over 10 minutes later.

Activists sue federal government for images of dead orcas entangled by fishing boats By JOSHUA GOODMAN The Associated Press, Updated December 19, 2024, 11:03 p.m.