All six crew mem­bers aboard the fish­ing ves­sel St Vin­cent VII have been res­cued alive af­ter spend­ing days in dis­tress at sea, fol­low­ing a co­or­di­nat­ed re­sponse in­volv­ing a com­mer­cial ves­sel and the Trinidad and To­ba­go Coast Guard.

In a me­dia re­lease is­sued ear­ly this morn­ing, the Min­istry of De­fence con­firmed that all six fish­er­men had been ac­count­ed for and were in rea­son­ably good health, with no re­mark­able in­juries re­port­ed.

Ac­cord­ing to the min­istry, the Mar­itime Op­er­a­tions Com­mand Cen­tre re­ceived a re­port at 9 p.m. on Tues­day from the crew of the MV Mar­vel Kite which was en route to the Unit­ed States.