Authorities Resume Search For Missing Fisherman In Ocean County
LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. (CBS/AP) -- The Coast Guard has resumed its search for a missing fisherman whose clam boat was found empty in Ocean County, New Jersey.
The search for 45-year-old Christopher Hugg of Tuckerton resumed Saturday morning. It had been suspended Friday due to darkness.
Hugg disappeared Thursday night in Little Egg Harbor after he called a relative to tell them that his 17-foot clamming boat had run aground but didn't need assistance.
Crews from the Coast Guard, New Jersey State Police and Tuckerton Fire Department used a helicopter and a boat on Friday to search Hugg, whose boat was found on Hither Island.
The boat was found containing fishing equipment Friday morning, but there was no sign of Hugg.
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