HILLSBURN, N.S. RCMP say a Canadian Coast Guard vessel will help with a sonar search for the missing scallop dragger that sank with six crew off Nova Scotia s southwest coast earlier this month. The vessel is to arrive in Digby. N.S., on Friday, where it will provide a platform for the RCMP s underwater recovery team. Police say a helicopter search continued today along the coastline from Digby Gut to Harbourville. On Tuesday, the Mounties said they found debris that was consistent with a section of the upper portion of the Chief William Saulis. The dragger was on its way back from a fishing trip when it sank early on Dec. 15, and five of the six crew members remain missing.
Naufrage d un bateau de pêche | Des débris localisés au large des côtes de la Nouvelle-Écosse
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La GRC localise des débris du bateau qui a coulé en Nouvelle-Écosse
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Dec 28, 2020 8:12 AM
A memorial buoy for a scallop dragger missing in the Bay of Fundy sits on a community tree in East Pubnico, NS. Six fishermen were aboard the Chief William Saulis when it went went missing.
RCMP say they expect to resume searching for five fishermen missing in the Bay of Fundy on Monday, weather permitting.
The search has been paused for the holidays.
The Chief William Saulis scallop dragger and five of its fishermen have been missing since early morning on Tuesday, December 15th.
Poor weather and unfavourable conditions at sea have kept the RCMP’s Underwater Recovery Team on land for a significant portion of the search.