ON 03/29/2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30, V1 OPERATOR WAS LAST OBSERVED AT ANCHOR SHRIMPING WITH A FRAME NET DEPLOYED APPROXIMATELY 20-30 FEET EAST OF THE SOUTH CATWALK AT SEBASTIAN INLET STATE PARK DURING A SWIFT OUTGOING TIDE. V1 OPERATOR NEVER RETURNED HOME FROM SHRIMPING AND HIS WIFE REPORTED HIM MISSING. ON 03/30/2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 08:30, A JOINT AGENCY SEARCH WAS COORDINATED FOR THE MISSING BOATER. AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00, V1 WAS LOCATED AT ANCHOR APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS EAST OF WHERE IT WAS LAST OBSERVED IN SEBASTIAN INLET CHANNEL AND WAS 90% SUBMERGED WITH WATER. V1 OPERATOR WAS NOT WITH THE VESSEL WHEN IT WAS FOUND. AT APPROXIMATELY 15:05 RECREATIONAL BOATERS FOUND THE V1 OPERATOR FLOATING DEAD IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN APPROXIMATELY 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEBASTIAN INLET. V1 OPERATOR WAS NOT WEARING A PFD. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE INCIDENT HOWEVER, SHRIMP AND OTHER FISH WERE CONTAINED INSIDE THE MISSING BOATERS FRAME NET THAT WAS TANGLED AROUND THE BOATS MOTOR AND RIGGING AT THE STERN.
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