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Minister offers condolences after crew member dies aboard Nunavut fishing boat

A crew member aboard the Suvak fishing vessel died at sea, eliciting words of condolence from NunavutSA国际影视传媒檚 minister of Economic Development and Transportation on Monday.
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Economic Development and Transportation Minister David Akeeagok extended condolences Monday upon learning of the death of a crew member aboard the fishing vessel Suvak. Photo courtesy of the legislative assembly

A crew member aboard the Suvak fishing vessel died at sea, eliciting words of condolence from NunavutSA国际影视传媒檚 minister of Economic Development and Transportation on Monday.

SA国际影视传媒淚t is with great sadness that we have learned about the passing of a crew member aboard the Suvak fishing vessel. The Government of Nunavut sends its condolences to the families, friends, and colleagues who are mourning this tragedy,SA国际影视传媒 Minister David Akeeagok stated. SA国际影视传媒淭his tragic event reminds us of the courage it takes to be a fisherman and the risks of the work that they do out on the ocean.SA国际影视传媒

No further details about the nature of the incident were released.

The Suvak is operated under the Arctic Fishery Alliance Limited, which is a 100 per cent Inuit-owned and governed partnership involving the communities of Qikiqtarjuaq, Grise Fiord, Arctic Bay and Resolute Bay and their respective hunters and trappers associations.



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