Authorities in Honduras and Belize had been looking for Joseph Dunsavage for a week – and yesterday, it was announced that the official search was ended after no trace of the New Jersey businessman was found.

The Belize Coast Guard’s vessels and the us military helicopters and airplanes have stopped searching and now only a few private searches continued today. One of those search missions on Astrium helicopters returned this evening, and there was still no sign of Dunsavage or his small vessel. And while the hopes of finding anyone alive have faded, the family it seems are looking for some proof that will bring them some kind of closure, so some private searches may continue into the week – but no final decision has been made.

Dunsavage was last seen about 11:30 a.m. on Sunday May 10th sailing his catamaran out to fish Roatan on Honduras’s northeastern coast.