New Jersey State Police spokesman Sgt. Stephen Jones says Vernard Ellingsen's body was found Saturday morning aboard the Adrianna, a 72-foot scallop boat at Atlantic Fisheries in Lower Township.
An autopsy was scheduled to be performed Sunday on the 54-year-old Ellingson, who was from Cairo, Ga. The results were not immediately available.
Jones said Ellingsen died of a gunshot wound, but further details were not disclosed.