ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The Coast Guard ended its search at sunset today for a fisherman who went missing when his 80-foot fishing boat capsized and sank 45 miles east of Atlantic City Wednesday.

Missing is Philip Ruhle, 58, of North Kingstown, R.I.

Coast Guard crews conducted eight sorties and searched for approximately 32.7 hours, totaling 3,173 overlapping square nautical miles.

Without any signs of Ruhle or the sunken 80-foot fishing boat, the Coast Guard has suspended its search pending further information.

The Coast Guard received a distress signal at approximately 10 p.m. Wednesday from an electronic position indicating radio beacon, an emergency device used to signal distress, from the fishing boat Sea Breeze.

The search consisted of crews from the following units:

• Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J.
• Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C.
• Coast Guard Cutter Beluga, a 87-foot patrol boat homeported in Norfolk Va.
• Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass.

The cause of the incident is currently under investigation.