DILLINGHAM – The Coast Guard on Friday called off a search for a fisherman who fell into the Ugashik River.
Alaska State Troopers said 25-year-old Grant Hildreth Jr. fell overboard Thursday afternoon while working on a fishing boat.
The village public safety officer in Pilot Point notified Dillingham troopers of the missing man. Troopers called the Coast Guard.
Hildreth was not wearing a life jacket. Troopers said crew members attempted to get a flotation device to Hildreth but he went underwater and was not seen again.
The Coast Guard and private vessels searched for Hildreth.
The Ugashik River flows into Ugashik Bay, an estuary of Bristol Bay.