Two Experienced Fishermen Die in Capsizing Off Nova Scotia

The owner of the fishing vessel that capsized off Nova Scotia last week has identified the two crewmembers who lost their lives while awaiting rescue. One of the victims was a well-respected skipper with five decades of experience. 

At about 2200 hours on Thursday night, the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Halifax received an EPIRB signal from the 18-meter fishing vessel Fortune Pride, located about 10 nautical miles southeast of her homeport of Sambro, Nova Scotia. The center mobilized two rescue vessels to the scene, along with a Cormorant SAR helic…