Harald (22) from Sommarøya got a nuclear submarine in the halibut nets: - It’s no use getting fired up
A net pole and a bladder are all that remain of the net chain that was lost in the encounter with the USS Virgina. The crew on board “Øygut”: Harald Engen (left), Peder Siglei Moe and Aksel Hind Andersen. Photo: Private
200 kilograms of halibut, and a nuclear submarine of 7,800 tonnes, went into the nets of the sharke “Øygut” on Monday. The US Navy confirms the incident.
The case in summary:
- Fisherman Harald Engen (22) from Sommarøya in Troms experienced a nuclear-powered submarine entering his halibut nets.
- The submarine, USS “Virginia”, had taken with it an entire chain of halibut nets, which resulted in a loss of between NOK 40 and 50,000 for Engen.
- The coast guard confirmed the incident and explained that it is difficult to see net buoys when the waves are high and there is a slight wind.
- Engen hopes that there will perhaps be a replacement, as the nets were registered.
- Despite the loss, there is no bad mood in the village directed at the nuclear submarine.
- The meadow is left with a blister and a torn rope as a reminder of the incident.
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The US Navy confirms that the submarine USS “Virginia” became entangled in a fishing net in Malangen.
On Monday morning, the nuclear-powered nuclear submarine USS “Virginia” entered Malangen, the strait between Senja and Kvaløya.
NRK has spoken to fish buyer, Egil Johansen, in Botnhamn on Senja. He says American submarines regularly receive supplies from other vessels in this sea area.
Early in the morning on Monday, KV “Heimdal” was in the area with a light boat and assisted the submarine.
It was on the way back to the fish processing plant on Sommarøya on Monday afternoon that Harald Engen and the crew, on board the barge “Øygut”, received word that a submarine had entered a set of halibut nets just north of Hekkingen.
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