Fire aboard fishing boat prompts board to send investigators to Nova Scotia

Fishing boats at the wharf in Woods Harbour, N.S. on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

HALIFAX — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed a team to Nova Scotia to investigate a fire aboard a fishing boat.

The independent board issued a brief statement identifying the vessel as the Ocean Otter.

The statement says the fire was reported on Thursday and the boat was evacuated.

But no other details were released.

Photos shared on social media show black smoke pouring from the front of a blue fishing boat named the Ocean Otter.


Unverified posts on Facebook indicate the boat caught fire in the Scots Bay area at the eastern end of the Bay of Fundy.


This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 19, 2026.