The Commission is investigating a person overboard from the commercial New Zealand-flagged fishing vessel, Amaltal Mariner in the South Pacific Ocean. The reported circumstances were that at approximately 2240 on 5 April 2026, a crew member was knocked overboard by a float while deploying fishing gear. Reportedly the vessel was approximately 215 nautical miles east of the Auckland Islands. Immediate efforts did not locate the missing crew member and at time of opening this inquiry they remained unaccounted for.
