Search and rescue continues off Canso for missing fishing captain
Posted Feb 8, 2018 10:57:00 AM.
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HALIFAX – A search and rescue operation continues near Canso for a missing fishing boat captain.
Global News reports Joint Task Force Atlantic received a distress call at 11 p.m. Tuesday after a fishing vessel ran aground a few kilometres southeast of Canso, N.S.
Three men were rescued but the captain of the damaged vessel reportedly stayed on board and has not been heard from since.
A military aircraft and a Canadian Coast Guard vessel have both been deployed to the scene to oversee operations.