Missing boaters who departed from the New Hampshire coast on Wednesday morning have been recovered by U.S. Coast Guard boat crews about 7 miles off Cape Ann, according to officials who said the boaters were “unresponsive.”

The Coast Guard also found their overturned vessel in the area about 7 miles northeast of Cape Ann.

“USCG boat crews have recovered 3 unresponsive persons after searching in the vicinity of the overturned vessel,” the First Coast Guard District tweeted.

“Search is ongoing for 1 missing person,” USCG Northeast added just before 6 p.m. on Thursday.

The Coast Guard had put out an alert about the missing boaters at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday.

“Missing boaters: Michael Sai and 3 additional people departed Hampton, NH, yesterday morning in the pictured 17-ft white center console,” USCG Northeast tweeted. “Their reported destination was fishing grounds near Jeffreys Ledge, approx. 50 miles offshore.”

The Coast Guard assets that were searching included: MH-60 helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod; HC-144 airplane from Air Station Cape Cod; Coast Guard Cuttes William Chadwick; Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak; and Coast Guard Stations Portsmouth Harbor, Merrimack River and Gloucester.

The local Coast Guard district tweeted, “If you have any information that can assist search crews, contact Sector Northern New England at (207) 767-0303.”