A South Korean ship with 62 crew members on board sank in the Bering Sea on Monday, the South Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries stated, according to CNN.

The captain of the ship reportedly issued an escape order and the crew had attempted to get off the vessel, stated an official who didn't want to be named from Sajo Industries, according to NBC News.

Seven crew members that were on the South Korean fishing boat were reportedly rescued while one person has died and 52 still remain missing. The South Korean ministry official reportedly stated that it's believed that the ship, which was catching pollock, began to list after the stormy weather caused seawater to flood its storage areas.

At the time of the sinking, the waves were reportedly more than 13 feet high and the water temperature were below 14 degrees Fahrenheit, the unnamed official stated.

The crew reportedly included 35 Indonesians, 13 Filipinos, 11 South Koreans and one Russian inspector, stated the official. The 2,100-ton South Korean ship was reportedly 35-year-old.

The weather and water conditions are reportedly complicating the search for the others that remain missing. The South Korean foreign ministry has reportedly asked Russian officials to work quickly to rescue the other crew members as authorities in the Russian port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky have stated that the rescued fishermen were doing well, according to The Associated Press.

The rescued crew members will reportedly be taken to South Korea once the weather improves.

"The condition of the fishermen who were rescued is fine," Artur Rets, chief of the rescue center at the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky port, told the RIA Novosti news agency.

Rets added, "They are currently on the ship that rescued them. They will stay there until the weather improves and South Korea decides how to get them out of here. In the likeliest scenario, they will picked up by a Korean vessel that is out fishing nearby."