Marine transportation safety investigation M17C0061
The occurrence
On 20 May 2017, the fibreglass lobster vessel Emma Joan, with two people on board, capsized east of the Grosse-Île wharf breakwater in Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec. The two fishermen swam out from under the boat and were rescued by two other fishing vessels that had witnessed the capsizing from the Grosse-Île wharf.