Commercial Fishing Boat Runs Aground In Point Pleasant Beach

POINT PLEASANT BEACH, NJ — Three people were rescued Friday morning after a commercial fishing boat ran aground in Point Pleasant Beach, according to reports.

The fishing boat, the 77-foot Susan Rose, ran aground during the night, NJ.com reported. A fourth person was already off the boat when first responders arrived, the report said.

There were no serious injuries, the report said.

News 12 New Jersey reported the three crew members jumped off the boat into the waves, which were hitting the beach at about 4- to 6-foot heights.

At least one person can be seen walking near the boat about 5:30 a.m. in a photo taken by Shore Boats, a local business that publishes video of boats at the Jersey Shore on YouTube and Facebook.

The boat had left Point Judith, Rhode Island, its home port, on Wednesday, according to Marine Traffic.com.

The boat was known to fish for scallops as recently as 2020, and also fishes for squid. Access to the scallop fishery opened on Wednesday, according to NOAA Fisheries, but it's not clear whether that was its target when it headed out on Wednesday, or what brought it south to the Jersey Shore.

It was fishing for squid in July 2022 when a crew member went overboard, according to NBC 10 WJAR. The man's body was recovered about three weeks later, ABC6 reported.