Tag: scallop dragger

Transportation Safety Board to Report on 2020 Scallop Vessel Sinking Off Nova Scotia

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is to release a report today on its investigation into the sinking of a scallop dragger off Nova Scotia more than two years ago. The Chief William Saulis capsized off Delaps Cove, about 50 kilometres north of Digby, N.S., on Dec. 15, 2020, with the loss of its six-man…


Fishing Vessel That Sank Last Month Off Nova Scotia Located in Deep Water, Say RCMP

A scallop dragger that sank off the coast of southwestern Nova Scotia with six fishermen on board has been found more than a month after it first went missing, RCMP announced Sunday. A search of a targeted area of the Bay of Fundy using side sonar and a remotely operated underwater vehicle early Saturday located…


RCMP to Attempt Underwater Sonar Search for Missing Nova Scotia Scallop Dragger

HILLSBURN, N.S.—The Mounties are planning to use underwater sonar exploration equipment to try and locate a scallop dragging vessel that went missing last week in the Bay of Fundy. The body of one crew member, Michael Drake of Fortune, N.L., has been found along the coast of southwest Nova Scotia, but the five remaining members…