Several Crab Boats Trapped in Heavy Ice Around Newfoundland, one Sinks, 5 Crew Helicoptered Off
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Victoria Times Colonist] June 8, 2017
Unusually heavy Arctic pack ice has trapped multiple vessels, stymied the fishing season and triggered a high-stakes rescue operation from a sinking ship off Newfoundland.
Five fishermen were rescued Wednesday from the Avalon Princess fishing boat, which started to take on water after getting stuck in thick sea ice near La Scie, N.L.
Trevor Hodgson, the Canadian Coast Guard's superintendent of ice operations for the Atlantic region, said the heavy ice is more than two metres thick in some areas off the province's northeast coast...
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