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UPDATE Feb. 4: The body recovered from the sunken fishing vessel “Sudden Impact” has been positively identified as Chester Barrett of South Addison.

UPDATE Feb. 3: The Department of Marine Resources says volunteers have recovered a body from the missing Maine fishing boat “Sudden Impact.”

UPDATE Jan. 23: Maine Marine Resources says “Sudden Impact” has been found. The missing fishing vessel was found in 160 feet of water near Moose Cove in eastern Washington County between Cutler and Lubec.

Crews say they have spotted what’s believed to be a body.

UPDATE: The Coast Guard says a search will resume for the two missing fishermen off the coast of Maine, after an object that might be a vessel was discovered, in 160 feet of water.

The Coast Guard says Chester Barrett, a commercial fisherman, and his son Aaron Barrett were reported missing off the coast of Maine.

The vessel, “Sudden Impact,” departed from Cobscook Bay State Park, Saturday evening, Jan. 18.

The search for the two has now been suspended.

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