Coast Guard suspends search for missing fisherman

The Coast Guard suspended its search at roughly 5:30 p.m. Monday for a missing commercial fisherman roughly 138 miles southwest of Port Fourchon.

The missing person, a 35-year-old man, was reported to have fallen overboard about 2 a.m. Saturday from the commercial fishing boat called “Miss Winnie.”

Crews searched more than 46 hours and over 2,000 square mil

Assets involved in the search were:

--U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center HC-144 Ocean Sentry
--U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi HC-144 Ocean Sentry
--U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Jacob Poroo
--Good Samaritan commercial fishing vessel Kenneth Cole

The Coast Guard suspended active search efforts after the probable search area was saturated with multiple assets and resources.

The incident is currently under investigation.