A 25-year-old man died aboard a fishing vessel on Thursday after being struck by a snapped cable.

The Coast Guard received a call Thursday morning that the F/V Alaska Juris was in need of a medevac for a crew member who had sustained a head injury. According to Petty Officer Charly Hengen, the Coast Guard launched two Jayhawk helicopters from Unalaska at 10:40am. Once on scene, a rescue swimmer lowered onto the vessel determined that Andrew Fotu of Seattle, Washington, was dead and could not be revived.  The accident is the first fishing vessel fatality of this year.

The Alaska Juris returned to Unalaska on Friday morning with the body.  The Alaska State Troopers have sent the body on to Anchorage for autopsy.

The Alaska Juris is a 238-foot factory operated by the Fishing Company of Alaska. FCA headquarters had no comment on the matter.

Correction: KUCB originally reported Fotu's age as 39.  He was 25.