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Spain mourns trawler victims as rescue hopes fade
Spain was in mourning Wednesday after its worst fishing tragedy in decades, as rescue teams off Canada warned it was unlikely they would find any of the missing 11 crew members alive.
Rescuers have so far confirmed 10 dead and have found three survivors.
"Although we still hope to find (crew members) alive, it is now unlikely that other survivors will be found," Lieutenant Nicolas Plourde-Fleury of the Canadian military told AFP, saying searches for the missing men were ongoing.
Spain's agriculture and fisheries minister, Luis Planas, said "this shipwreck...is the worst tragedy we've had in the fishing sector in 38 years".
The last time Spain suffered a major fishing disaster was in July 1984 when a sardine boat called the Islamar III sank off the Canary Islands, claiming 26 lives.
"This is a job which not only is very hard but is also very dangerous," Planas added.
In Madrid, lawmakers observed a minute of silence in parliament for the dead and the missing from the trawler, which went down some 250 nautical miles (463 kilometres) east of Newfoundland.
Of the 24 crew members, 16 were Spanish, five Peruvians and three Ghanaians.
- Three days of mourning -
"Once again the people of the sea have been hit very hard," said Alberto Nunez Feijoo, head of Spain's northwestern Galicia region where the boat was based.
"Galicia is a big family and when a family is struck by a tragic event, it unites in grief to seek comfort," he said, announcing three days of mourning for the victims.
Planas said eight vessels, among them Spanish and Portuguese fishing boats, had joined the search for survivors from the Villa de Pitanxo, after the 50-metre (164-foot) fishing vessel sent out a distress signal at 0424 GMT on Tuesday.
By Wednesday morning, hopes of finding the 11 missing crew members were fading.
"We are talking about a rescue.. in extremely difficult sea conditions, with water temperatures that mean as soon as a person falls in they won't last long," said Feijoo.
Writing on Twitter, Spain's sea rescue service said rescuers were battling very rough seas with "6-7 metre high waves" that were "complicating the search operation and making visibility difficult".
It was not immediately clear what caused the boat to founder but Javier Touza, head of the Shipowner's Cooperative in the northwestern Spanish city of Vigo said it was likely struck by a wave.
"This would cause a massive entry of water into the ship, and cause it to sink almost immediately," he told TV station Antena 3.
"Although we may not be able to find survivors, it is very important for the families to collect the bodies so they can rest in peace."
- 'I am devastated' -
Back in Galicia, families of the crew were desperately awaiting news about their loved ones.
Luzmar, a mother-of-four whose 29-year-old husband Edwin Cordoba is among the missing, said the children kept asking when their dad would come home.
"I am devastated, I can't bear it," she told reporters outside of the offices of the shipowner in Galicia.
"In front of them, I can't show how I am really feeling because they don't know yet," she added before breaking down in tears.
She and her husband are both from Peru.
The three survivors were found on a life raft by a Spanish fishing boat five hours after the Villa de Pitanxo sent out a distress call.
Suffering from hypothermia, they were airlifted to safety by a Canadian helicopter.
Among the survivors was the ship's captain, Juan Padin Costa and his nephew Eduardo Rial Padin, whose mother expressed her relief in remarks to Spain's public television.
"I am relieved because he is alive, thank God, but I'm so sorry this can't be said for so many of his colleagues," said Gloria Padin Costas, breaking down in tears.
A.Gasser--BTB