One person has been confirmed dead and five others remained missing as of this morning, after two fishing boats capsized north of Taiwan on Wednesday and yesterday, the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said.
The body of fishing boat Yu Shan No. 36's captain, surnamed Wang (王), was recovered at about 9pm yesterday by a CGA patrol vessel and brought to its base at Taipei Port, the CGA's Third Patrol Command said.
Photo courtesy of the Coast Guard Administration
The CGA said it first received a report yesterday morning that the ship had capsized 14 nautical miles (26km) northeast of Tamsui (淡水) in New Taipei City on Wednesday night.
Of the eight other crew members on board, two Indonesian crew members remain unaccounted for, while six were rescued by nearby fishing boats and taken to Fuji Fishing Harbor yesterday, the CGA said.
Meanwhile, another Taiwanese fishing boat, the Lih Fa No. 168, capsized 35 nautical miles northwest of Keelung Harbor yesterday, the CGA said.
Three of the six crew members aboard were rescued by nearby vessels, while three crew members of Taiwanese, Chinese and Indonesian nationality respectively remained missing, the agency said.
Joint sea and air search-and-rescue operations are ongoing for those missing, the CGA said.
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