Three fishermen have been rescued from rocks after their fishing boat sank off the West Coast, police say.
The 14-metre cray fishing boat Albacore hit a rock and quickly filled with water near Cascade Island, off Jackson Bay, about 7am on Thursday, police said in a statement.
The skipper put out a mayday call which was picked up by other local fishing boats which went to the rescue. The trio abandoned ship into their life raft.
The men rowed about 50m to Cascade Island where they were picked up by a helicopter.
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