Search resumes for missing fishermen off New Brunswick northeast coast
TABUSINTAC, NEW BRUNSWICK, – A recovery effort has resumed for two fishermen missing off New Brunswick’s northeast coast.
RCMP Const. Scott Messier says five search and rescue teams began combing shores for the men, aged 35 and 32, at 7 a.m. today.
Messier says an RCMP underwater recovery team is also searching the area where their fishing boat capsized.
A vessel with three men aboard issued a distress call early Saturday morning after it hit a sandbar in rough seas and started taking on water.
The body of a 23-year-old fisherman was later found near the area where the boat capsized.
The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Halifax called off their search around 3:45 p.m. Saturday, saying two Coast Guard vessels and a Cormorant helicopter had done all they could to find the remaining fishermen.
The Transportation Safety Board is sending a team to investigate the incident.
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