08-07-08: Update: Coast Guard suspends search for missing fisherman

DATE: August 07, 2008 16:19:34 CST

Office of External Affairs U.S. Coast Guard

Press Release	Date: Aug. 7, 2008 Contact: PA3 Jaclyn Young (618) 225-9008
UPDATE: COAST GUARD SUSPENDS SEARCH FOR MISSING FISHERMAN
NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard suspended its search today for a missing fisherman, Joseph McCatan, 28, after conducting multiple searches with negative results. A crewmember aboard the commercial fishing vessel, the Kelli Michelle, called Coast Guard Station Venice at approximately 9 p.m. Sunday to report that McCatan was missing. He was last seen aboard the Kelli Michelle at 6 p.m. Sunday, when the vessel was in the vicinity of the Southwest Pass Sea Buoy. The Coast Guard conducted 11 searches, spanning an area of approximately 690 square miles, using HH-65C rescue helicopters from Air Station New Orleans and the Cutter Strugeon, homeported in Grand Isle. ### *Saving Lives and Guarding the Coast Since 1790.* *The United States Coast Guard -- Proud History. Powerful Future.*