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Fishermen rescued after fishing boat sinks off Pubnico, N.S.

Three fishermen were rescued after their vessel ran aground and sank Monday off Pubnico on Nova Scotia's south shore.

Transportation Safety Board team investigating

Cassie Williams · CBC News ·
The TSB has sent a team of investigators to interview the crew in order to determine what happened to the Don Cadegan. (marinetraffic.com)

Three fishermen were rescued after their vessel ran aground and sank Monday off Pubnico on Nova Scotia's south shore.

"All crew members, there were three, were rescued by other fishing vessels in the area," said Julie Leroux, a spokeswoman at the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.

Leroux said she didn't know the condition of the crew members of the Don Cadegan.

The TSB has sent a team of investigators to interview the crew in order to determine what happened.

Information is limited at this time, but Leroux said she hopes for an update later today or Wednesday.

Online ship tracking service marinetraffic.com shows the vessel just off Murder Island, one of the Tusket Islands. According to the website, the Don Cadegan left Lower West Pubnico shortly after 1 p.m. on Monday and ran aground about three hours later.

Local lore attributes Murder Island's name to the number of human remains found on the island, possibly due to fighting between Europeans and First Nations people, or fighting between two warring tribes in the 1700s.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cassie Williams

Reporter

Seasick marine biologist, turned journalist. She lives in Halifax. In 2018 she helped lead a team of reporters and editors to win the RTDNA Ron Laidlaw Continuing Coverage Award for work on the Deep Trouble series. The series delved into the plight of the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale. She can be reached at cassandra.williams@cbc.ca, on Twitter @cassiehwilliams

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