A 40-year-old man is in critical condition after falling overboard from a fishing boat off Nova Scotia.

Shortly after 8 a.m. Monday, the RCMP and the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre responded to a call that a man was in the water off the shores of Port Mouton.

Police say the man fell overboard from a fishing boat. The boat’s crew managed to get the man out of the water and took him to a wharf in Central Port Mouton.

The man was airlifted by a military helicopter to Shearwater and then taken to a Halifax hospital by paramedics.

Police say he is in critical condition.

The incident is under investigation.