AAP General News (Australia)
12-28-2003
Vic: Search for missing fisherman to be scaled back
MELBOURNE, Dec 28 AAP - The search for a fisherman feared dead after he was swept off
rocks on Victoria's south-east coast on Boxing Day will be scaled back tomorrow.
A police spokesman said the man's fishing rod was found today but search and rescue
teams were unable to locate any other sign of him.
"With every day passing it becomes less hopeful that we will find him alive," the spokesman said.
High seas and strong winds forced the search for 31-year-old Marius Gorcea, lost off
Wilsons Promontory, to be abandoned yesterday.
Mr Gorcea, from Narre Warren, was fishing with friends off rocks at the southern end
of the promontory's Squeaky Beach about 5pm (AEDT) on Boxing Day when his line became
snagged and his reel fell onto rocks.
Friends told police the man was hit by a wave and swept into the water when he stepped
onto the rocks to pick up the reel.
Friends threw the man items to keep him afloat but he disappeared from view.
Police said the search will be scaled back tomorrow, with search and rescue teams replaced
by divers.
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KEYWORD: SEARCH NIGHTLEAD
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