RCMP search for missing person after boat capsizes near Bella Bella

One person is missing after a boat with six people aboard capsized near Bella Bella off B.C.'s Central Coast Friday morning.

The six-metre fishing boatwas south of Humchitt Island when it began taking on water at about 10 a.m., according to the Victoria Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (JRCC)

The vessel took waves to the side of the boat, a spokesperson for the JRCC.

Five of the passengerswere wearing lifejackets and were able to swim to shorewhere they were picked up by an American ferry, the spokesperson said.

The missing person was not wearing a lifejacket, the spokesperson added.

RCMP havetaken over the search, which is now a missing person case.