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Search and rescue mission ends in Fleur de Lys, as RCMP begin recovery efforts | CBC News

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The Canadian Coast Guard and Canadian Forces have called off the rescue mission for a missing fisherman off the northeast coast of Newfoundland.

One coast guard vessel will remain to help the RCMP, as the mission pivots from rescue to recovery.

This is a breaking news update. A previous version of the story is below.

The search for a missing Newfoundland fisherman continued Thursday morning, as the small town of Fleur de Lys grieves following a tragic incident. 

Two bodies have been recovered since a boat sank 100 metres off the coast of northeast Newfoundland on Tuesday afternoon. The 23-foot vessel was carrying four men. Two bodies have been recovered, while one man was rescued alive.

“Our biggest thing now is trying to recover the man that is missing and bring him home to his family,” said Harry Blackmore, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Search and Rescue Association. 

Blackmore said three more teams joined the search on Wednesday, coming from Deer Lake, Grand Falls-Windsor and Springdale.

The Joint Rescue Command Centre — a partnership between the Canadian Coast Guard and Canadian Forces — was leading the search efforts with a trio of vessels in the water and a helicopter in the air. The RCMP underwater recovery team is also on scene.

The sinking has hit the small town hard, according to people who spoke with CBC News on Wednesday. 

Former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Tom Rideout, who hails from Fleur de Lys, said it was a “devastating blow” to the community of 200 people.

“Everybody feels it because everybody is friends and everybody is related,” he said.

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