Another bad day for fishing communities. This time on the French coast off Belle-Ile where the search for two missing French fishermen from the inshore boat Bara Pemdez has been suspended.
"The hopes of finding alive two fishermen whose boat sank off the coast of Morbihan Friday morning are dwindling. The device searches deployed Friday near Belle-Ile was arrested Friday night, "after twelve hours of research" and "with the rough seas and water temperatures, there is little hope of finding them alive," said Saturday the maritime prefecture of the Atlantic. The "Bara Pemdez", a 12 metre potter from the island of Houat, activated its emergency beacon Friday at 9:45 ET and was finally located aground on rocks south of Belle-Ile. The wreckage was found empty. Attorney Lorient has instructed the Coastguard to investigate the circumstances of the sinking."Full story here courtesy of Europe1.