HILLSBURN, N.S. The RCMP say they will be using a remote operated underwater vehicle in the search for five missing fishermen and their scallop dragger, which sank last month off southwestern Nova Scotia. The Mounties say they recently received an ROV equipped with multi-beam sonar from RCMP in British Columbia and plan to use it beginning later today, when tidal conditions are optimal in the Bay of Fundy. The force says the equipment is newer technology than had previously been used to search for the Chief William Saulis. The announcement follows word last week from St. John s, N.L.,-based firm Kraken Robotics Ltd., that it had received no response from the RCMP after offering its state-of-the-art sonar for use in the search.
HILLSBURN, N.S. — After a year that has brought so much suffering to Nova Scotia, six families in a remote corner of the province are having to cope yet another loss following the sinking of a . . .
Coast guard vessel to help with search for missing scallop dragger
The Canadian Coast Guard has deployed a vessel with a platform to help with the search for a scallop dragger that went missing two weeks ago.
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Posted: Dec 30, 2020 2:34 PM AT | Last Updated: December 31, 2020
The six men known to have been on board the Chief William Saulis. Top row, from left: Captain Charles Roberts, Aaron Cogswell, Dan Forbes. Bottom row, from left: Eugene Francis, Michael Drake and Leonard Gabriel.(Facebook/CBC)
The Canadian Coast Guard has deployed a vessel with an on-water platform to help search the Bay of Fundy for a scallop dragger that went missing two weeks ago.
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Aerial search for missing Bay of Fundy fishermen resumes
The search will take place approximately 100 kilometres off the coast from Digby Gut to Harbourville by helicopter, according to a news release.
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Posted: Dec 28, 2020 1:20 PM AT | Last Updated: December 28, 2020
The six men known to have been on board the Chief William Saulis. Top row, from left: Captain Charles Roberts, Aaron Cogswell, Dan Forbes. Bottom row, from left: Eugene Francis, Michael Drake and Leonard Gabriel.(Facebook/CBC)
RCMP Air Services are resuming the aerial search for five missing fishermen from the Chief William Saulis on Monday.
The search will take place about 100 kilometres off the coast from Digby Gut to Harbourville by helicopter, according to a news release.