The inquest into Sunday's drowning of 12 members of the crew of a Viking Fishing trawler will take at least a month. The circumstances of the loss of the men, south of Cape Hangklip, are being investigated by the SA Maritime Safety Authority.Rory Williams, financial director of Viking Fishing, said: "All the interviews with the survivors will be finished this week. The investigators will then interview the crews of all the rescue vessels."The vessel itself will have to be investigated."The search for the three crew members lost at sea was suspended at 6pm on Tuesday but ships in the vicinity have been asked to be on the lookout.Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Senzeni Zokwana visited the stricken trawler, Lincoln, at the quay alongside Viking Fishing's headquarters in Cape Town yesterday."Nobody must go to sea and not come back," he said.The 42m vessel was towed into Cape Town harbour on Tuesday after surviving a freak storm south of Cape Hangklip.Zokwana spoke of the urgent need to improve maritime safety."We are concerned about the fact that there was loss of life. We believe that from this we can draw lessons as to how best we can be prepared."He said the tragedy was a lesson for the entire fishing industry.He emphasised that his department was not in a position to apportion blame but would await the outcome of the Maritime Safety Authority investigation.Trauma counsellors are on standby to assist the families of the deceased and the survivors.Said Williams: "Staff are the greatest asset for any company and to lose members like this affects everyone."The families are deeply traumatised and the focus this week has been on them."The bodies of nine of the victims have been identified by their families but their names have not been released.The other three were identified by elimination.Williams said "an appropriate memorial" would be organised alongside the vessel...