Juneau police and Capital City Fire Rescue say 33-year-old Edgar Cedillo was caught been a fish tender and the dock and could not be revived.
His hometown was not immediately available.
Emergency responders took a call Friday that a man was hurt and not breathing at a dock at Auke Bay, about 15 miles from downtown Juneau.
According to the preliminary police investigation, Cedillo was assisting with securing a fish tender, a boat that collects fish from catchers and transports them to a processor, to the dock.
Cedillo could not be revived and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have requested an autopsy.
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