BOSTON — Coast Guard crews are searching for a person in the water Monday after receiving a report of a fisherman being entangled in a net near Nantucket.
At about 9:15 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England received a report that a fisherman aboard the 42-foot fishing vessel, No Regrets, became entangled in the vessel's nets as they were being deployed and was swept over the side approximately one-quarter mile west of Great Point on Nantucket.
A MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew from Air Station Cape Cod were launched as well as a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew and a 29-foot response boat crew from Station Brant Point to search the Great Point area.
The Nantucket Harbormaster, Chatham Harbormaster, Chatham Fire Dive Team, and other local government agencies are on-scene searching. Multiple good Samaritan vessels are also in the area assisting with the search.
No regrets is homported in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.