Early yesterday morning, a commercial gillnet vessel began to sink into the depths of Willapa Bay, an incident that prompted a swift rescue operation. At around 8:30 a.m., two individuals on board, including a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) employee who was there to observe, found themselves in peril as their vessel gave way to the waters west of Tokeland. According to the WDFW's official statement, both the agency observer and the boat's captain were rescued without injury by another gillnet vessel nearby.