Paulo Matos, 30, was a commercial fisherman from Brick, New Jersey, who disappeared during a fishing trip in early February 2018. He and a crewmate were aboard the 46-foot dragger FV Queen Anne’s Revenge, a boat Matos had reportedly purchased the previous October. On the afternoon of Wednesday, February 7, Matos reported they were finishing their last haul and would soon head for shore.

A winter storm developed that evening. Around 1:20 a.m. on Thursday, the vessel’s emergency position-indicating radio beacon was activated and distress calls were heard by other fishermen and received by the U.S. Coast Guard. The last known position was about 40 miles off Barnegat Light. An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and nearby fishing boats searched in rough seas with 7 to 10 foot waves and 25 mph winds. Crews recovered the EPIRB but found no sign of the Queen Anne’s Revenge or its two-man crew.

After searching thousands of square miles over two days, the Coast Guard suspended the active search on the evening of Friday, February 9, and Matos was presumed lost at sea. If anyone was on the boat with Paulo or saw the Queen Anne’s Revenge after February 7, please share what is known.