Abbotsford fisherman, Albert Arthur Armstrong,56 dies in Prince Rupert

June 29, 2013 Canada

On June 25, members of the Prince Rupert RCMP Coastal Police Unit responded to a report of a commercial fishing boat travelling in circles off the coast of the community of Lax Kw’alaams, B.C. (Port Simpson). Boaters in the area boarded the vessel and discovered a man entangled in a gill net and in medical distress. The boaters called for help and the man was taken to the nursing station in Port Simpson where he was pronounced dead. [email protected]

Albert Arthur Armstrong, entangled in a gill

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