Search for a missing fisherman is now a missing person at sea case

    Thursday, 14 September 2023 16:00

    By Tonya Organ

    The Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre advised it would be ceasing its search, at which time the RCMP assumed lead of the investigation as a missing persons case at sea.

    The search for a missing fisherman off the coast of Fleur de Lys is continuing.  The man was one of four occupants on board a cod fishing boat that sunk on Monday afternoon.  RCMP Cpl Jolene Garland says the search is now in the hands of the RCMP as a missing person at sea. Last night, the Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre advised it would be ceasing its search, at which time the RCMP assumed lead of the investigation as a missing persons case at sea. Cpl Garland searches of the shoreline and water are continuing on land and in the air. One man survived and two bodies have been recovered.

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