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On Friday, 25 June 2021, at 10:12 am, the Antigua Barbuda Defence Coast Guard (ABDF CG) alerted by a third party of an overdue vessel.<\/p>

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Forty-nine-year-old Lester Small of Johnsons Village and fifty-six-year-old Leon Sears of Cashew Hill reportedly left Parham Harbour aboard Fishing Vessel (F\/V) EDEN at 09:30 am on Wednesday 23 June 2021 and had not returned\u00a0when expected.<\/p>\n

The crew was expected to return to port by 02:00 pm\u00a0the following day\u00a0from their usual fishing grounds off the Northeastern shores of Antigua.<\/p>

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The ABDF Coast Guard spared no efforts to locate the missing fishermen. A series of actions to include broadcasting several Urgent Marine Information Broadcast (UMIB) throughout the investigating period.<\/p>

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The ABDF Coast Guard also collaborated with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) in Martinique, the Regional Security System\u00a0(RSS)\u00a0in Barbados,\u00a0and Antigua and Barbuda Search and Rescue (ABSAR) to locate the missing mariners.<\/p>\n

Through this collaboration, a total of approximately 1,800 square nautical miles was searched. However, to date, all efforts have been unsuccessful, but efforts are ongoing to locate the missing individuals.<\/p>

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The ABDF Coast Guard requests that anyone with information that can assist with the search effort\u00a0to\u00a0contact the base via 268-462-3206\/ 462-2843\/ 462-2841\/ 462- 0671.\u00a0 Mariners are also asked to be on the lookout for the missing mariners, assist if possible and report all sightings to\u00a0our operations center\u00a0via VHF channel 16 or 26.<\/p>\n

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