CLARK’S HARBOUR, N.S. – The captain of a lobster fishing boat is dead after falling overboard in waters off southwestern Nova Scotia.
RCMP say Larry Sears was hauling lobster pots with two crew members on his boat the Four Ladies on Monday, when the trawl line became snarled in the hauler.
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The 64-year-old attempted to clear the snarl and was hauled overboard.
Police say he was wearing a floatation device and was pulled from the water by the crew of a nearby fishing vessel.
Search and rescue technicians from the Canadian Coast Guard and the military were dispatched to the scene and tried to resuscitate Sears, but were unsuccessful.
Sears, who was from Shag Harbour, was pronounced dead after the boat arrived in West Head around 9 p.m
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