Twenty-two fishermen were rescued from their sinking fishing long liner off the coast of Cape Town on Friday. The 22 crew members on board the Oceana Amethyst long line fishing trawler, were rescued from their sinking vessel about 30 nautical miles offshore south-west of the port of Table Bay. The vessel had called for assistance…
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