Planas expresses its solidarity with the family of the crew of the missing ship

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, transferred on Monday his "solidarity" with the family and friends of the six crew of the fishing boat "Rua Mar", which has been missing since the dawn of last Thursday.

"The fishing trade is very hard, one of the toughest," said Planas, who expressed his "love and solidarity" with family, friends, colleagues and "the entire sector of the Gulf of Cádiz" and said the government is looking for the ship "with all available means".

A Marine Rescue and the Civil Guard, which were already operational, "today a technical means of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography will be incorporated to try to find the situation of the ship. It is a really dramatic situation, very sad," said the minister.

The search for the Rua Mar fishing vessel, based in the port of Algeciras (Cádiz) and disappeared in Moroccan waters with six crew members on board last 23, has resumed on Monday both at the surface and at the seabed, sources explain Of the device.

The Subdelegation of the Government in Cádiz has explained that the surface search is carried out by fishermen from Barbate and Algeciras, who join the SAR Mastelero, Salvamento Marítimo, and BAM Relámpago, of the Spanish Navy.

As for the underwater search, at the moment it is carried out by the Tofiño hydrographic vessel that is conducting surveys in the area.

To these tasks will be added the Clara Campoamor, of Maritime Rescue, which is still docked at the port of Algeciras for the installation of the sonar of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography and the underwater robot that will be used in the search for the wreck.