Coast Guard Announces Suspension of Search for Missing Crew Member Near Newport, Oregon

The U.S. Coast Guard has officially suspended its search efforts for the missing fisherman off the coast of Newport, Oregon.

At 4 p.m. Sunday, August 10^th, 2025, the U.S. Coast Guard was notified that the 40-foot F/V DAS BUG had capsized in Yaquina Bay Jetty with four people aboard. A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew rescued three individuals and transferred them to emergency medical services. The individuals were then taken to Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital and treated for hypothermia.

Crews from U.S. Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay and Air Station North Bend searched for the missing person using a 47-foot lifeboat and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter in the evening. Additionally, an MH-65 Dolphin crew from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station North Bend conducted a search at first light. No evidence of the missing person was found before the search was suspended.

“Suspending a search without finding the person you have been looking for is always one of the most difficult decisions we have to make,” said Coast Guard Lt. Cdr. Jacqueline Hunnicutt, search and rescue mission coordinator for Coast Guard Sector Columbia River. “Our thoughts are with the family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.”

Rescue teams conducted an eight-hour search, covering 54 square miles.  Weather at the scene was reported as 7-foot swells and 13 knot winds.