Overview
- The rescue effort escalated after the vessel's emergency beacon activated at 3:40 a.m. Sunday, prompting Spain's maritime rescue service to launch air and sea searches.
- Wreckage from the Santa María Dominic was located between Porcía beach and Punta de La Atalaya, where the hull lies upside down in a hard-to-reach rocky area.
- Teams are trying to determine if the missing fisherman, identified as Erwan Gléveau, is inside the boat after he failed to return from fishing on April 29.
- Assets on scene include a Helimer helicopter and a rescue boat, Asturias fire and medical rescue teams, Red Cross and local civil protection volunteers, and Guardia Civil air, sea, and dive units.
- The case involves a French-registered vessel based in Audierne, yet the response is led by Spanish agencies because the wreck lies in Spanish waters, and an EPIRB is designed to trigger such a coordinated search.