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A 99-ton Chinese fishing boat capsized on Monday some 150 kilometers southwest of the island of Eocheong, Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, at 8:53 am with two of the 11 crew members rescued and the other nine gone missing, the Yonhap News Agency reported. 

South Korean coast guards decided to continue search and rescue operation overnight for nine people that went missing on Monday, according to the Yonhap. 

The South Korean coast guards had designated the next three days as a focused search period to locate the missing people and decided to conduct an overnight search starting Monday.

Since it is difficult to deploy aircraft at night, the South Korean Coast Guard will organize the search and rescue fleet mainly using patrol vessels. 

The South Korean coast guard had deployed four patrol ships and three aircraft to the site, and the Chinese coast guard also urgently dispatched patrol vessels and personnel to assist, the Yonhap reported. 

The Chinese coast guard also dispatched patrol vessels to the accident site, shared information with their South Korean counterpart and conducted a joint search operation for the missing people.

Personnel information cannot be confirmed as of press time, according to the Chinese Consulate General in Gwangju on Monday.