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Coast Guard Searching Water Off Vancouver Island For Two Missing Fishermen

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 28 Mar, 2016 10:59 AM
  • Coast Guard Searching Water Off Vancouver Island For Two Missing Fishermen
VICTORIA — The search is on near Port Renfrew, B.C., for two missing crab fishermen.
 
Lieutenant-Commander Desmond James with the Victoria Joint Rescue Coordination Centre says the search started after the two were reported missing early Sunday morning.
 
James says the fishermen left the area around the south western Vancouver Island town in an aluminum crab fishing boat on Friday.
 
Two Coast Guard vessels and a helicopter are being used in the search, which has focused on the waters near the entrance to Port Renfrew.
 
Heavy winds and high waves have made the search difficult.
 
James says the search will continue Sunday until the men are found or conditions make the search impossible. 

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