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TSB set to release report on fatal capsizing of New Brunswick fishing boat

The RCMP said it appeared fishing gear was snared at the bottom of the bay and a wave overturned the boat. File/Global News

The Transportation Safety Board will release the results this week of its investigation into the fatal capsizing of a fishing vessel off New Brunswick last year.

Two fishermen died and another man was taken to hospital after a fishing boat capsized in June 2016 off the Miller Brook wharf near Salmon Beach, about 10 kilometres from downtown Bathurst.

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The RCMP said it appeared fishing gear was snared at the bottom of the bay and a wave overturned the boat.

Federal investigators will release their report on Thursday in Moncton.

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