N.S. town awaits word on fate of 5 missing fishermen

CTVNews.ca Staff Published Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 11:53AM EST Last Updated Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 10:50PM EST

A small Nova Scotia community is hoping ramped up search efforts will recover five fishermen whose boat went missing off the south coast.

Search efforts continued into the night for the 13-metre boat named Miss Ally that went missing Sunday.

A navy spokesman said a distress call was sent out at 11 p.m. Sunday. The five men were said to be fishing for halibut.

Two Canadian Coast Guard vessels and a Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter were searching the area Monday where the ship went under, about 120 kilometres off the coast of Liverpool, N.S., Lt. Peter Ryan said.

Earlier Monday, a U.S. Coast Guard jet reported seeing a life-raft, but the raft was not found.

Stormy weather conditions were hampering the search efforts.

The weather out there was very poor, low visibility and high winds and very challenging seas, Ryan told The Canadian Press.

Two military aircraft could also join the search, search spokesperson Cpt. Doug Keirstead said.

Meanwhile, friends of the fishermen said if anyone could survive the harsh weather conditions, it would be them.

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N.S. town awaits word on fate of 5 missing fishermen

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