Simon Bugeja, father of 11 year-old Theo who was also on the fishing boat that went missing last week, has been found alive.

Meanwhile two corpses have been retrieved from the sea, one of which has been identified as that of Noel Carabott, a 33 year-old fisherman from Marsaxlokk.

An autopsy carried out on the corpse identified as Noel Carabott concluded that the man died from drowning, the police said in a statement.