The body of the captain of a fishing vessel that sunk between Elmina and Sekondi has been retrieved.
Three other people on board the vessel have been rescued by the Ghana Navy and have been taken ashore.
However, one other person said to be the observer from Fisheries Commission who was onboard is missing.
The vessel said to be of the size of about a 50-seater bus sunk between the sea waters of Elmina and Sekondi.
The three are undergoing treatment.
The Menghxin 11 vessel sunk in the early hours of Saturday with all the crew on board.
Some of them were able to swim to a nearby vessel, with the name Menghxin 6.
The crew was hauling a net that had so many fish in it.
The crew, it is reported had some difficulty pulling the net full of fish to the vessel.
Around that same time, it was raining heavily with thunderstorms.
The vessel, according to the survivors, could not sustain the balance on one side and sunk with all the crew on board.
The rescue mission began with the nearby vessel, Menghxin 6, and the Ghana Navy later joined.
The Navy has been combing the incident area and is still in a search of other survivors.
So far, the body of the captain of the vessel has been recovered but the observer onboard the vessel is yet to be found.
Source: graphic.com.gh
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***barred word*** GHANAIANS A LOT GO TO SEA OR ON WATER WITHOUT LIFE JACKET IS A LAW TO WEAR ONE IN NORTH AMERICA AND CANNOT UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T MAKE LIFE JACKETS IN GHANA WITH GABBAGE POLY BOTTLES LITERING OUR ENVIRONMENTS. AGAIN WE SHOULD SMAR TEN UP WITH THESE CHINESE FISHING IN OUR COASTLINES AND SELLING TO US TO GET OUR MONEY DOES IT MAKE SEN SE.THESE HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS WHAT IS OUR NAVY DOING ABOUT FOREIGN TRAWLERS IN GHANA WATERS OVERFISHING DOES IT MAKE SEN SE. IS ABOUT TIME WE SMAR TEN UP. THE CHINESE WERE DOING THE SAME IN INDONESIA AND INDONESIA, MALAYSIA TOLD THEM THEY WILL SINK THEIR BOATS IF THEY COME INTO THEIR TERRITORIAL WATERS.