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In a press release, the shipping company Hovden Senior AS confirms that the incident took place on board the ship MS Hovden Viking. The company is based in Selje in Nordfjord.
– The company is very distressed today. Our thoughts go first and foremost to the family members and the crew on board, they write in the press release.
The company does not wish to comment further.
– This is a fishing boat that fishes in Husøy. He has fished in Grimsbakken, 18 nautical miles from Senja. Early this morning, a work accident occurred, says Sheriff Arnold Nilsen in the Finnsnes Sheriff’s District.
Lensmann Arnold Nilsen.
Photo: Arild Moe
Investigating the case
A rescue helicopter with a medic came out on the boat after the accident and found the man to be dead.
– The ship landed in Senjahopen after the accident, and the police are on board and continue to investigate in the usual way. Family members have been notified. The crisis team in Senja Township is in Senjahopen and helping, says Sheriff Arnold Nilsen in Finnsnes Sheriff’s District.
The Norwegian Labor Inspection Authority and the Norwegian Maritime Directorate have been notified of the incident.
The boat is between 40 and 50 meters long. The number on board, Nilsen doesn’t know yet.
– It is a grown man who is injured, says Nilsen.
The fishing boat has delivered cod to Husøy in Senja for several years, says Rolf-Bjørnar Tøllefsen, who owns a fishing boat on the island.
– A sad day
Rolf-Bjørnar Tøllefsen lives in Husøya in Senja and owns a fishing boat himself. On Tuesday morning, several of his boats were fishing in Grimsbakken, when the “man overboard” message came over the loudspeaker.
– They immediately set course for the ship, but did not reach it until they were informed that they had picked up the person on board, he says.
Rolf-Bjørnar Tøllefsen says the people of Husøya are having a hard time after the fatal accident.
Photo: Arild Moe / NRK
He knows nothing about the circumstances surrounding the incident. It could have been that the man had a discomfort, or it could have been a work accident. This is now being investigated by the police.
– In any case, this is a reminder that being a fisherman is a dangerous profession. When you’re at sea and something happens, help doesn’t come right away. For this reason, it is important that the crew have safety courses and first aid training, so that they can handle such a situation until help arrives.
