By Canadian Press

Nova Scotia fishing industry raising money for families who lost scallop fishermen

Dec 17, 2020 | 7:52 AM

HALIFAX — The industry group that represents Bay of Fundy scallop fishers has started raising money to help the families of the six fishermen who were lost Tuesday when their boat sank in rough weather.

Alain d’Entremont, president of the Full Bay Scallop Association in Yarmouth, N.S., issued a statement today saying the association’s members have already donated $60,000.

The 15-metre Chief William Saulis was dragging for scallops when it sank amid three-metre waves near Delaps Cove, N.S..

The company that owns and operates the boat, Yarmouth Sea Products, has said the crew did not issue a distress call and it appears the vessel capsized, with its automatic emergency locator beacon alerting authorities just before 6 a.m.

The boat has yet to be found, but the body of one fishermen was recovered from the bay’s southern shoreline late Tuesday.

armed robbery

Knife-wielding man robs south Nanaimo liquor store

4h ago

Shorthanded

Clippers fall short hosting Bulldogs

11h ago

off the schedule

BC Ferries preemptively cancels early Saturday sailings

18h ago

The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Halifax suspended an air and sea search Wednesday night, but the RCMP has continued to lead a ground search by volunteers.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 17, 2020

The Canadian Press