In early May 1987, 37-year-old commercial fisherman James Alan Carnegie left Homer, Alaska, aboard the 42-foot seiner Hotline with three crewmen — Rich Liston, Jim Fuller, and Bert Logan — bound for halibut grounds near Nuka Bay. The vessel failed to return and was reported sunk with all four aboard after a passage into the turbulent Gulf of Alaska during the early spring fishery.

About ten days later, the bodies of skipper Rich Liston and deckhand Jim Fuller washed ashore on Afognak Island, confirming the loss of the boat. Carnegie and Bert Logan were not recovered. An Alaska State Troopers investigation searched for them but ultimately was unable to locate the two missing fishermen. Carnegie’s name is listed on the Seafarer’s Memorial in Homer.

Does anyone with knowledge of that 1987 search or who knew James Carnegie or his crewmates have details to share?