The surface search and rescue vessels looking for a fisherman missing off Easdale Island since Thursday April 25 have been stood down.
But the Coastguard is continuing to co-ordinate search efforts involving Police Scotland,its own officers and a private individual who had offered the use of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to search. Other fishing vessels are also continuing to search for signs of the missing man or his boat.
Stornoway Coastguard was alerted on Thursday afternoon after a mayday from the one-man crewed vessel saying it was capsizing. After a search lasting 10 hours on Thursday and eight hours on Friday,April 26,involving Oban and Tobermory lifeboats,Oban Coastguard Rescue Team,Royal Navy vessels,fishing vessels and other commercial and private boats and a Royal Navy helicopter from Prestwick,the rescue effort was scaled down on Friday afternoon.
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