Maritime authorities in east China's Zhejiang Province are searching for 11 fishermen on a boat reported missing early Sunday morning.

The boat, registered in the port city of Wenling, lost contact with its company, Wenling Shitang Fishing Co., Ltd., at about 2 a.m. Sunday, a managing director with the company who only gave his surname as Xie said Monday.

The 34-meter-long boat set sail at 10:09 p.m. Saturday from Shitang Port, Xie said.

The boat was last located at 122 degrees east longitude and 28 degrees north latitude, according to a local boat monitoring system.

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