Taryn Grant

An underwater recovery team with Nova Scotia RCMP&nbsp;plans to use sonar to explore parts of the Bay of Fundy where a fishing boat and its crew disappeared last week.

The Chief William Saulis, a scallop dragger that was based out of Yarmouth, N.S., was last heard from early on the morning of Dec. 15 when it was heading toward Digby after a week-long fishing expedition.&nbsp;

In a news release&nbsp;Tuesday, RCMP said the underwater recovery team left port in Digby&nbsp;in the morning but soon encountered poor conditions, including swells over three metres,&nbsp;and turned back. The team plans to try again when safe to do so.

RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Andrew Joyce said the goal is to locate the vessel.

An aerial search was also planned for Tuesday but was cancelled because of a low ceiling.

Searchers scour through the rocky shoreline in Steves Cove where debris washed up earlier today. Meanwhile a fishing boat continues the search at sea in the distance.

Searchers look for debris at Steves Cove

A variety of search efforts have been made, off and on, since the Chief William Saulis&nbsp;sent out its&nbsp;emergency beacon&nbsp;near Delaps Cove&nbsp;shortly before 6 a.m. on Dec. 15. Two&nbsp;life-rafts washed ashore, empty, later that morning.

By nightfall, search-and-rescue crews had announced they'd 

The other five members of the crew —&nbsp;Aaron Cogswell, Leonard Gabriel, Dan Forbes, Eugene&nbsp;Francis&nbsp;and Charles Roberts, the captain of the vessel — have not been found.

Pictured here, the Chief William Saulis scallop fishing vessel in November 2020.

Chief William Saulis

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the boat&nbsp;sank, although the cause remains unclear. After a 36-hour search and rescue mission by the&nbsp;Maritime Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre, RCMP 

took over the case as a recovery mission and missing persons investigation

 and didn't&nbsp;recover anything.&nbsp;With no helicopter available Monday, the search was paused.

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The six men known to have been on board the Chief William Saulis. Top row, from left: Captain Charles Roberts, Aaron Cogswell, Dan Forbes. Bottom row, from left: Eugene Francis, Michael Drake and Leonard Gabriel.

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