A boat featured on Deadliest Catch has capsized, killing three fishermen in Newport, Oregon.
The Marty B II can be seen on Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove. The three men killed have been identified as Joshua Porter, 50, James lacy, 48 and Stephen Biernacki, 50.
The Discovery Channel, the network that airs the show, has since confirmed that the crew onboard the vessel were not featured in the series.
A friend of Porter told local news he had planned for the voyage to be his last on this particular boat because he found the crew to be “inexperienced”.
“Those were his words,” Celeste Paranto told The Oregonian. “It’s very sad. Because he was a responsible person. He went out on the trip and never returned home. I’m really having a hard time with it.”
Oregon State Police said that the incident occurred after the fishermen asked the US Coast Guard (USCG) to assist them in crossing the Yaquina Bay bar shortly before 10 pm because of “high seas”.
Shortly after, authorities discovered the boat “had capsized with three people onboard”. The fatal incident was witnessed by a Coast Guard crew who reportedly carried out a search and rescue mission.
According to the USCG Pacific Northwest’s Twitter page, they were “battling 12 to 14-foot” waves.
Lacy was pronounced dead at a hospital in Newport with Porter’s body later found on the beach. Biernacki was found washed up with the boat where he was “pronounced deceased at the scene”.
