The unnamed fishing vessel was working about 40 miles off the coast of Boston Friday morning when the crew discovered the body after reeling in the boat’s fishing nets.

Authorities said that the deceased person, a woman, is unlikely to be identified and found there were "no indications of foul play."

Authorities determined the body belonged to a woman in her 60s who had numerous cancerous tumors, the DA's office said.

The identity of the person whose body was pulled out of the ocean with the crew's fishing net has not been determined

A wrapped body that was snagged last week by fishermen off the coast of Massachusetts is now believed to be a woman who was 'buried at sea.'

The body “was wrapped and in a state of decomposition,” the DA’s office said. The post Fishermen pull up decomposing body in fishing nets 40 miles off Mass. coast appeared first on Boston.com.