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The U.S. Coast Guard and police are investigating after a body was found on a New Bedford fishing boat.

The boat belongs to the so-called "cod father" Carlos Rafael, who was arrested Friday after a lengthy federal investigation.

Emergency crews waited at the New Bedford State Pier Saturday afternoon for the arrival of Dinah Jane. The fishing boat was escorted by two Coast Guard boats as it came back to shore.

It had left New Bedford Friday night around 9:30 p.m. for a scalloping trip, but the trip was cut short when the captain tried to wake up another crew member but couldn't. After trying to revive the reported 57-year-old man, they realized he was dead.

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