January 27, 2020 — The Maine Marine Patrol has identified the two fishermen who died Thursday after their boat sank.
Officials say 60-year-old Captain Joe Nickerson, of Arundel, and his crew member 44-year-old Chris Pinkham, of Boothbay Harbor, were pulled from the water about 50 miles off the coast of Portland on Thursday.
The U.S. Coast Guard says a distress radio signal was sent out around 12:30 p.m. from a boat called the “Hayley Ann.”
The Coast Guard spotted an empty life raft and the Hayley Ann sinking.