A Spanish fishing boat that sank in waters near Newfoundland in eastern Canada has left at least seven people dead and 14 others missing.

Three of the 24-member crew have been found alive so far, according to Spain’s maritime rescue service. Rescue teams are continuing to search for those still missing people in the chilly waters of the North Atlantic.

Villa de Pitanxo, the 164-foot fishing boat that was based in the Galician town of Marin in northwestern Spain, sank at 1 a.m. EST, Spain’s regional representative, Maica Larriba, told Spanish public radio. The boat sank about 280 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Spanish officials said on Twitter.

The survivors were found in a rescue raft by another fishing boat that was nearby. The rescue boat also held the bodies of four members of the crew who did not survive.

A Halifax, Nova Scotia-based rescue center confirmed on Twitter on Tuesday morning that “the fishing vessel has not been found. Searchers have found 3 survivors in a life raft and regrettably the remains of 4 others.”

The bodies of three other crew members were later found in the water, said Lt. Cmdr. Brian Owens, a spokesman at the Joint Task Force Atlantic and Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Halifax.

Spain’s maritime rescue and the Halifax rescue center coordinated to dispatch help to the sinking boat area. Two helicopters, a plane, and Spanish and Portuguese fishing boats were involved in the search. Search and rescue crews said that they had encountered rough water, reduced visibility and windy conditions, according to Spanish officials.

“We remain distressed by the terrible news out of Canada about the sinking of the Villa de Pitanxo,” Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the regional president of Galicia, said on Twitter. “We are making available to the government and the shipowner all the help they need.”

The crew included 16 Spaniards, five Peruvians and three workers from Ghana. It is still unclear which ones have been rescued and recovered so far, rescue service said.

“The search continues for the remaining crew and we hold out hope that we will find them. We will update as soon as more information becomes available,” the rescue center added on Twitter.

Marin Mayor María Ramallo told reporters that the sinking was “a tragedy on a scale that we cannot remember.”