Trawler Ametist which belongs to Kamchatka Research Institute of Fishery and Oceanography was crabbing in the Sea of Okhotsk. Radio contact with the 23-man crewed vessel was lost on Feb 11. At that time there was about 12 tons of fuel on board the trawler; average daily consumption is 3 tons. The search operation was suspended on Monday due to stormy wind, low visibility, and ice accretion. Eighteen vessels were involved in the search operation on Tuesday in Shelekhov Bay where the ship possibly lost. The operation is held within the area of 120 x 140 miles westward Kamchatka and coordinated by patrol shipAnadyr.
