India, Nov. 2 -- The Indian Coast Guard evacuated an injured fisherman from a fishing vessel about 54 nautical miles, roughly 100 km, off the Mangaluru coast, after he went overboard while the crew was hauling nets. The rescue was mounted at night in difficult conditions at sea.

The fisherman was identified as Komara Ramu. He was aboard an Indian fishing boat that had sailed from the Mangaluru fishing harbour at Bunder three days earlier for deep-sea fishing, and the accident happened while it was working its nets well offshore.

He went into the sea as the crew hauled its nets and was pulled back out by his fellow crew members. The crew's recovery of the man from the water came first, before any outside help was called in. By the time h...