Overview

• All 11 mariners were first taken aboard a merchant ship and later airlifted to São Miguel, where officials reported them in good condition without needing medical care.
• The owner and the local longline association said the Nuevo Salmón took on water that the crew could not control, resulting in the vessel’s loss.
• The sinking occurred in Portugal’s Search and Rescue region, with RCC Ponta Delgada coordinating while Spain’s CNCS maintained contact.
• The crew comprised three Galicians — two brothers and a son — and eight Indonesians, and repatriation procedures have begun.
• Reports differ on the assisting ship’s name — CS Standard or MC Standard — as the skipper recounted calm seas but a difficult transfer due to the merchant vessel’s height.