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At 02.29 am this morning, Friday, Holyhead coastguard received a call from a fishing vessel to report one of their crew missing.
He had been last seen onboard 1.2 miles west of South Stack.
A mayday relay was broadcast by Holyhead Coastguard to alert other vessels in the area and RNLI lifeboats were requested to launch from Holyhead, Porthdinllaen and Trearddur. A rescue helicopter was also scrambled from RAF Valley. Other fishing vessels in the area are also assisting in the search.
The fishing vessel had departed Holyhead at 11.25 pm and the crewman was last seen at 00.45 am, the vessel alerted Holyhead after finding the man missing at 02.29 am.
Holyhead Coastguard has coordinated the fishing vessels, lifeboats and helicopter in a search in Caernarfon Bay covering an area of fifty square miles.
Jim Green, Watch Manager, Holyhead Coastguard said: "Every effort has been made to try and locate this missing crewman. The weather in the area is North Westerly F4 with a calm sea and slight swell, the water temperature is eight degrees.
"He was not wearing a lifejacket.
"We strongly recommend that all fishermen should wear lifejackets whilst operating on fishing vessels."
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