One person is still missing after an inter-island passenger vessel collided with a wooden fishing boat about 5 kilometres away from the Nabouwalu Jetty early this morning.

Three other men who were in the wooden fishing boat were rescued.

Police Spokesperson Ana Naisoro says they have a team in Nabouwalu at the moment searching for the missing person.

She says they received information about the incident from a passenger on board the inter-island vessel.