Search ongoing for missing fisher off the coast of Cape Breton

A search isongoing in the waters off the coast of Cape Breton for one of five people fromthe Tyhawkfishing vessel,a spokesperson for the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax said on Saturday.

The JRCC got a call from the vessel at 5:46 p.m. AT to say it was sinking,JRCC public affairs officer Lt.-Cmdr. Brian Owens told CBC News.That call was cut short, Owens said.

A CH149 Cormorant helicopter and a CH130 Hercules aircraft, along with two Coast Guard ships, were sent to search for the missing vesselwhich was believed to be about 30 kilometreswest ofChticamp, N.S., according to Owens.

Owens said alocal vessel was in the area and found four of the people who had been on boardholding onto the hull of the capsized vessel.They were picked up and taken to hospital, butOwens couldn't comment on their condition.

The search for the remaining crew member will continue through the night, he added.

"As long as it takes to make sure we can find this last person," Owens said.

Fishing boat from Elsipogtog, band councillor says

Owens couldn't say what kind of fishing boat the FVTyhawk is or where it's from, but a band councillor from the Elsipogtog First Nation in New Brunswick said the boat is one of theirs.

Ruth Levi said the boat and its crew left waters near the community early on Saturdayto fish snow crab off Chticamp. The season opened in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Levi saidthe goal of the band council right now is to makesure everyone has access to the mental health services they may need.

"The whole community is still in shock right now, in disbelief," Levi said.