LUBEC, Maine (AP) - The search is continuing for two urchin fishermen who remain missing after their boat went down in Cobscook Bay in eastern Maine near the Canadian border.
Urchin fishing boats work on Cobscook Bay near the reversing falls Wednesday, Oct. 21, in Pembroke, Maine. Three fishermen, who were on an urchin boat, were reported missing Tuesday evening, which sparked a search by U.S. and Canadian rescue personnel, Maine Marine Patrol, Maine State Police and local fishermen. The body of one of the fishermen was found Wednesday afternoon. (AP Photo/The Bangor Daily News, Gabor Degre)
The Coast Guard says the 32-foot fishing vessel, Bottom Basher, was reported missing with three fishermen aboard Tuesday night after it failed to return to its home port of Lubec. The body of one of the men was recovered Wednesday.
The Coast Guard says that on Wednesday searchers found part of the boat's hull marked with its state registration number, along with lifejackets marked with the vessel's name.
Counting this week's sinking, six men have died in the waters off Lubec in less than a year. A periwinkle harvester drowned last December, and two fishermen drowned in April when their boat sank.
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