Eric Lawrence Eder, 43, was reported overboard from the 87-foot trawler F/V Seeker on March 12, 2014, about 10 miles northwest of Unimak Island, Alaska. The incident occurred before 8:00 a.m. in severe Bering Sea conditions: winds gusting to 35 mph, seas 8 to 10 feet, air temperature 23 degrees, and water temperature 42 degrees. He was reportedly wearing a bright green rain jacket and orange rain pants when he went into the water.

A nearby vessel, the Seafreeze Alaska, relayed a call for help and the U.S. Coast Guard responded with a Jayhawk helicopter, the cutter Alex Haley and other commercial vessels. Searchers covered a 64-square-mile area for about 10 hours before the active search was suspended at night without locating him. Eder lived in Redmond, Washington, had grown up in Waldport, Oregon, and was remembered as a husband to Adrienne and father of two young sons, one five weeks old at the time. The Coast Guard Sector Anchorage was to investigate how he went overboard.

Does anyone who sailed in that area or knew Eric have information about the Seeker’s watch protocols or the events that morning?