Fishermen rescued after fishing boat sinks off Pubnico, N.S.

Three fishermen were rescued after their vessel ran aground and sank Monday offPubnicoon Nova Scotia's south shore.

"All crew members, there were three, were rescued by other fishing vessels in the area," saidJulieLeroux, a spokeswoman at the Transportation SafetyBoard of Canada.

Leroux said she didn't know thecondition of the crew members of the DonCadegan.

The TSB has sent a team of investigators to interview the crewin order to determine what happened.

Information is limited at this time, but Leroux said she hopes for an update later today or Wednesday.

Online ship tracking service marinetraffic.com shows thevesseljust off Murder Island, one of the Tusket Islands. According to the website, the Don Cadeganleft Lower West Pubnico shortly after 1 p.m. on Monday and ran aground about three hours later.

Local lore attributes Murder Island'sname to the number of human remains found on the island, possibly due to fighting between Europeans and First Nations people,or fighting between two warring tribesin the 1700s.