Search continues for three missing fishermen off coast of Tofino, B.C.
TOFINO, B.C. — The search continues for three missing First Nations fishermen whose boat sank off the coast of Tofino.
While the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre has scaled back its search and handed the case over to Tofino RCMP as a missing persons file, dozens of community members and volunteers continued to comb the shoreline and seas for the men on Sunday.
Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation spokesman Connor Paone says are about ten boats were on the water this afternoon, plus an RCMP vessel with a dive team and sonar searching the ocean floor.
An emergency operations centre has been set up on a nearby dock to monitor search progress and the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council is offering mental health support to those in need, Paone said.