The search for a missing fisherman ended Wednesday afternoon, but a second fisherman was found alive in the southwestern corner of the Pamlico Sound on Wednesday morning.

The decision to end the search for William Foster, 22, of Pamlico Beach, was a difficult one to make, according to the Coast Guard. Unless there are new developments, the search will not be resumed.

The Coast Guard identified the rescued fisherman as Matt Jamison, 20, also of Pamlico Beach. He was found alive near Maw Point in Pamlico County about 7 a.m., according to the Coast Guard. The Harvest Time, the 27-foot-long boat that Jamison and Foster were in also was found, but it had capsized. The two fisherman had been oystering. Some media outlets identified the rescued fisherman as Matt Jameson, 23.

The fishermen were reported missing about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday by Foster’s father when they did not appear at Wright’s Creek on the Pungo River as expected, according to Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Kevin Sullivan. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders learned of the missing fisherman about 9:50 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Coast Guard.

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, with its crew using night-vision goggles, searched for them overnight Tuesday. A 24-foot boat from Coast Guard Station Hobucken, members of the Bath Volunteer Fire Department and several private boats assisted in the overnight search, Sullivan said.

“We relaunched this morning for a search at sunrise,” Sullivan said about 10 a.m. Wednesday.

A passing boat, Island Girl, found Jamison sitting on the hull of the capsized boat about 7:15 a.m. Wednesday and rescued him, Sullivan said. Jamison was found “cold, but in reasonably good condition,” Sullivan said.

Jamison was transported to CarolinaEast Medical Center in New Bern to be evaluated. Jamison said Foster dove under the capsized boat to retrieve life jackets, but he did not surface, Sullivan said.

The Sydney Dive Team, working from Pedro, a search-and-rescue helicopter based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, searched under the capsized Harvest Time late Wednesday morning and in the early afternoon, but divers found no sign of Foster, Sullivan said.

Beginning Tuesday night and through Wednesday morning, the Coast Guard searched two separate areas, one near the Neuse River junction buoy, near the western end of the Pamlico Sound, Neuse River and Bay River converge. It was there the two fishermen were last seen (about 1 p.m. Tuesday) and heard from (about 2 p.m. Tuesday), according to Sullivan. The other area searched was Wright’s Creek on the Pungo River, where the fishermen’s boat, the Harvest Time, is based.