A 62-foot commercial fishing boat with eight people aboard ran aground on the east end of Catalina Island Friday.
According to U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach, the Pacific Knight vessel ran aground about 2 a.m. A “good Samaritan” fishing vessel and Baywatch Avalon both responded to the scene.
One person from the grounded fishing vessel was taken by Baywatch to Avalon for treatment of mild hypothermia, Coast Guard officials said. The other seven people aboard the vessel were transferred to the good Samaritan ship and taken to San Pedro.
The Coast Guard established a 300-yard safety zone around the grounded ship, which was in 10 feet of water by late Friday morning. The ship can carry up to 2,500 gallons of diesel fuel, but it was unclear if any of it spilled into the ocean.
Coast Guard officials said they were monitoring the situation, but said “no wildlife impacts have been reported/observed at this time.”
It was still unclear what caused the ship to run aground.