Shaun Raymond Gibson was 20 when the 50-foot herring fishing vessel Evanick rolled over in the Shelikof Strait on April 25, 1998. The Evanick had been en route from Kodiak to Togiak when a skiff on deck is believed to have shifted, destabilizing the vessel and causing it to capsize. The rollover appears to have been sudden, leaving little or no time for the crew to react or send a distress signal.

Three other Kodiak men were lost with Gibson: skipper Carl VanValkenberg, Robert P. Ritchie, and Harry J. Modesette. Search and rescue efforts followed, but none of the four were found and they are presumed deceased. The community in Kodiak was left grieving for lives lost on a routine voyage that turned tragic.

If anyone has information about the Evanick, its final voyage, or the crew, please share what is known.