Divers find body of crew member from fishing boat that sunk off NJ coast in March, killing 6

CAPE MAY, N.J. — The Coast Guard says commercial divers have recovered the body of a crew member killed when a fishing boat sank off southern New Jersey in March.

Father chokes up discussing 2 sons who died when scallop boat sank off NJ

CAPE MAY, N.J. — Royal Smith Sr. tried to tell a Coast Guard hearing Thursday how he and his sons made safety modifications to the scallop boat they bought in 2001 — a vessel that sank in March.

Lawyer says mixup on beacon registration delayed NJ fishing boat search

CAPE MAY, N.J. — An analyst says a mixup delayed the search in the deadly sinking of a fishing boat off New Jersey by nearly an hour and a half.

Official: Error on beacon registration delayed NJ fishing boat search; 6 died

CAPE MAY, N.J. — An improperly recorded registration number for an emergency radio beacon — off by just one digit — delayed the search for a sinking scallop boat by nearly an hour and a half, a federal search analyst testified Thursday.

Sole survivor of boat that sank off NJ recounts ordeal to panel, says wood plank saved life

CAPE MAY, N.J. — Jose Luis Arias knew it was time to abandon ship.

Sole survivor from NJ scallop boat sinking says he supports theory that gear became snagged

CAPE MAY, N.J. — The sole survivor from a scallop boat that sank off the coast of New Jersey says he agrees with a lawyer’s theory that the vessel’s fishing gear might have become tangled, pulling the boat down.

Sole survivor from scallop boat that sank off New Jersey tells panel wood plank saved his life

CAPE MAY, N.J. — The sole survivor from a scallop boat that sank off the coast of New Jersey says a wooden plank saved his life.

Autopsy results show captain, crew member on scallop boat that sank off NJ had used marijuana

CAPE MAY, N.J. — Autopsy results show the captain and one crew member aboard a scallop boat that sank off the New Jersey coast in March had used marijuana.

Lawyer: Scallop boat that sank off NJ, killing 6, may have tangled its dredging gear

CAPE MAY, N.J. — A scallop boat that sank in March, killing six people, might have been doomed when its dredging gear got tangled with another boat or something on the sea floor, the boat owner’s lawyer said Monday.