Search for missing fisherman ends

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The search for a missing fisherman came to a close Saturday after four days without success, according to the Hawaii Fire Department release.

The search for a missing fisherman came to a close Saturday after four days without success, according to the Hawaii Fire Department release.

The missing man was swept off a boat and into Pohoiki Bay on Wednesday morning at approximately 1 a.m.

On Saturday, Rescue Company 2 resumed its search for the man, with a helicopter conducting aerial shoreline searches up to 1 mile off shore from Kalapana to Kapoho Bay.

Scuba dives were conducted in and around Pohoiki Bay, and a rescue boat searched along the coastline up to 1/4 of a mile offshore.