US Coast Guard, Canada search Lake Erie for 4 Michigan missing fishermen

September 30th, 2009 Boaters traveling to the Bahamas reported missingLAKE WORTH, Fla. — Coast Guard officials in South Florida say a boat carrying three people went missing during a trip from Lake Worth to the Bahamas.

September 30th, 2009 Coast Guard: Missing boaters located near BahamasLAKE WORTH, Fla. — Coast Guard officials in South Florida say three boaters reported missing on a trip from Lake Worth to the Bahamas have been located.

September 23rd, 2009 Search under way in AK waters for ship passengerANCHORAGE, Alaska — A search has been launched in the waters of southeast Alaska and Canada for a 67-year-old woman reported missing from a cruise ship. The passenger, who hasn't been identified, was noticed missing Wednesday morning when she didn't leave the Sapphire Princess at the Port of Vancouver, British Columbia.

July 4th, 2009 USCG: 4 Mich. fishermen found safe on Lake ErieMONROE, Mich.

June 17th, 2009 Man floating on air mattress rescued in Pa. bayERIE, Pa.

June 17th, 2009 Man 'relaxing' on mattress in Pa. bay rescuedERIE, Pa.

April 19th, 2009 Man missing after falling overboard in BahamasMIAMI — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 39-year-old man who went overboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship off the Bahamas. The incident happened early Saturday morning, about 60 miles north of Nassau.

April 11th, 2009 RAMESHWARAM - Indian Coast Guard officials handed over 34 Sri Lankan fishermen to the island's naval authorities here Saturday, an official said. The fishermen from southern Sri Lanka had trespassed into Indian waters and were arrested along with seven craft and a sizeable catch March 26.

March 2nd, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Coast Guard has roped in fishermen to tip them off on suspected terrorists who might use the 1,600-km Gujarat coastline to infiltrate the country as the 26/11 attackers had used the sea route from Pakistan to India. The Coast Guard has been educating fishermen at Okha, Jakhau, Valsad and Porbander ports to be alert and inform about any suspicious movements of vessels or people on boats by calling the toll-free number 1554, a senior coast guard official told IANS from Jamnagar over phone.

February 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - Fishermen reported mysterious spotting and disappearance of two speedboats near the Mumbai coast, raising alarms here Sunday, but the Coast Guard later said the vessels belonged to the Indian Army. A Coast Guard spokesman said the army speedboats were on a sailing expedition from Mumbai to Porbandar in Gujarat when they were spotted around the Satpati coast near Palghar sub-district, around 110 km north of Mumbai.

February 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - The Coast Guard and Mumbai Police were on alert after fishermen reported sighting two unidentified speedboats Sunday afternoon off the north Mumbai coast, an official said. Some fishermen saw the speedboats around 110 km to the north near Tarapur, where sensitive installations of national importance are located.

February 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - About 134 people have been rescued and one killed after hundreds of fishermen stuck Saturday on a large ice floe floating away from the Ohio shoreline of Lake Erie, the US Coast Guard said. 'So far 134 people have been rescued and one person deceased,' Matthew Schofield, a public affairs officer of the ninth Coast Guard District which oversees the region, told Xinhua over telephone.

February 5th, 2009 RAMESHWARAM - Indian and Sri Lankan authorities Friday handed over to each other more than 20 fishermen who had strayed into their waters, the police said. While 22 Indian fishermen were handed over to coast guard officials earlier in the day, 21 liberated Sri Lankan fishermen are on their way home, police sources added.

January 20th, 2009 SAN JUAN - The US Coast Guard has launched a massive search operation for 10 missing Haitians whose boat capsized in the Caribbean Sea Monday, the EFE news agency reported Wednesday. There were 25 people on board the vessel at the time of the accident.

January 17th, 2009 SANA'A - At least 130 passengers managed to swim ashore after a ship with around 300 Somali and Ethiopian migrants capsized off the coast of Yemen Saturday, Yemeni coast guard officials said. A coast guard official in Red Sea port of Houdieda said 130 people managed to swim ashore or were rescued by coast guard teams and local fishermen.