Man Found In Search For Missing Fishing Crew

The coastguard has resumed the search for a missing fisherman, after another man was pulled from the water off the Pembrokeshire coast overnight.

The rescued man was transferred to hospital but his condition is not known.

Three lifeboats and a rescue helicopter with thermal cameras are involved in the search for the second crew member believed to have been on board a fishing vessel that sank off St David's Head.

The UK Coastguard received an emergency call from a member of the public to report a fishing boat in difficulty at around 2pm on Thursday.

The boat subsequently sank, with reports that two men - both from the Pembrokeshire area - were on board the vessel.

A statement by the UK Coastguard said: "The search resumed at 6am this morning (29 April) for the crew of a fishing vessel which sank yesterday afternoon off St David's Head in Pembrokeshire.

"The fishing vessel is being named as the Harvester. Our thoughts are with all of those who were on board."

Conditions were described as rough and debris was reportedly visible on the surface about a mile off shore.

A spokesman for St David's Head Lifeboat Station said: "The fishing vessel hit rocks off Abereiddy beach, members of the public spotted this boat had hit the rocks.

"In that area where there are rocks under the surface, they wouldn't have been fishing, so we are not sure what there were doing there.

"We're trying to plot the tides to try to see where they could have got washed into a cove or washed to shore."

Cliff teams have also been out walking in search of the missing man.