RCMP to attempt underwater sonar search for missing Nova Scotia scallop dragger
A man looks out onto the Bay of Fundy in Hillsburn, N.S., in an area where empty life-rafts from a scallop fishing vessel were reported on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. The Mounties are planning to use their underwater sonar exploration equipment to attempt to locate a scallop dragging vessel that sank last week in the Bay of Fundy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan December 22, 2020 - 11:45 AM
HILLSBURN, N.S. - The Mounties say they are planning to use a towed sonar system to try and locate a scallop dragging vessel that went missing last week in the Bay of Fundy.
YARMOUTH, N.S. A fishing industry association in southwestern Nova Scotia has set up a fund to collect donations for the families of six men who were lost after their scallop dragger sank last week. The Full Bay Scallop Association as well as Yarmouth Sea Products, the company that owned the 15-metre scallop dragger called Chief William Saulis, have opened an account with the Coastal Financial Credit Union. Donations can be made starting Monday to the Chief William Saulis Benevolent Fund at any Credit Union branch across the Atlantic provinces; disbursement of the funds will be managed by a recognized charitable organization.
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Aerial search reveals no sign of scallop fishermen or boat lost off southwest N.S.
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Dec 20, 2020 at 10:26 am EDT
HILLSBURN, N.S. RCMP say an aerial search for five fishermen who were working on a scallop boat when it sank in the Bay of Fundy has not spotted any sign of them as of late morning local time today.
Police had said in a news release on Saturday that a search with a helicopter would be suspended until Sunday, but have since corrected this to say some aerial searching occurred on Saturday and was continuing into Sunday morning.
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