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News.com.au
5 days ago
- News.com.au
Devastated mates offer $25k in search for missing Sydney fisherman after empty boat found
Devastated friends of a missing Sydney fisherman have put up a $25,000 reward in a bid to find their mate, who has been missing for days at sea. Michael Hamde, 35, was last seen on Tuesday skippering his boat out from Port Hacking in Sydney's southeast on Tuesday morning. Maritime authorities found Mr Hamde's boat was found out at sea in the early hours of Wednesday, roughly 50km to the south of where he left Sydney, off Port Kembla. Mr Hamde's friend Mohammed Saad offered a $25,000 reward for whoever could help locate 'our brother'. 'All we want is Micky to come home and with this $25,000 reward I'm sure we will get the number of boats we need out there to search for him,' Mr Saad posted online Wednesday night. Mr Saad is leading a large-scale search of volunteers on Friday. Mr Hamde was alone on his six-metre boat. It is unknown if he was wearing a lifejacket. Mr Saad was trailing his friend on another boat. 'I spoke to him last on Tuesday, roughly 8.30am, he was heading out, we were chasing tuna that day, we don't know what happened,' Mr Saad said in a video recorded out at sea, as he searched for his friend. 'We hope that you all pray for him, so we can bring him back to his family,' Mr Saad said. 'We will do the best we can to find him.' On Thursday night, Mr Saad said more than 300 boats planned to join the search on Friday. 'The search is going to be between Port Hacking and Batemans Bay,' he said. Smaller boats and jetskis would search the headlands while larger boats head further out, Mr Saad said, starting about 6.30am. 'Hopefully we can locate him early and we can bring him home to his family. 'Thankyou to everyone who's been out there the last few days helping us.' Marine Rescue NSW uses a tracking app which records a boat's position every 30 minutes. Marine Rescue NSW commissioner, Alex Barrell, told Channel 9 the app was crucial. 'It can track your location. It will send a ping every 30 minutes back to our incident management system so we know exactly where you are.' Mr Hamde's boat was found by a marine rescue crew about 30km off Port Kembla. The Marine Rescue NSW searchers were forced to abandon Thursday's search about midday because of poor visibility.
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Missing Australian fisherman dragged overboard by shark, police say
Police in Australia say a fisherman who fell overboard during a fishing competition on Sunday was dragged by a shark that was entangled in fishing gear. The search for Paul Barning, a figure in the New South Wales Game Fishing Association, continued Monday after authorities were alerted around 1 p.m. Sunday that the 58-year-old had fallen from his boat, Dark Horse, about 34 miles off the coast of Newcastle near Port Stephens, authorities said. Marine Area Command Commander Superintendent Joe McNulty told local news outlets on Monday that investigators believe the shark was "quite large" compared to Barning's 6.8-meter long vessel. "During that process of bringing the shark alongside, he's become tangled in the fishing line, and the shark has taken off, and that fishing line was pulled taut and maybe contributed to him going over the side of the vessel. There's no evidence to say that shark has attacked the person in the water," McNulty said at a news conference. He added that Barning wasn't wearing a life jacket. Barning, the secretary and past president of the Port Hacking game fishing club, was a "highly experienced game fisherman." He was participating in the NSWGFA Interclub State Championships at the time of the incident, the game fishing organization said in a statement posted to social media. "This devastating accident highlights the risks involved in doing what we all love, game fishing," NSWGFA president Steve Lamond said in the statement. "Please look out for each other and stay safe." Game fishing is a sport in which competitors catch, tag and release game fish including marlins, tunas and sharks. Points depend on the species of the game fish and their size. Among the shark species eligible for points are Blue, Smooth Hammerhead, Mako, Porbeagle, Thresher, Tiger, Great White and Whaler sharks, according to the NSWGFA rulebook. The shark that Barning caught was believed to be a Mako, police said, which can reach up to 13 feet long, according to the NOAA Fisheries. Competitors are also awarded prizes for catching the heaviest shark and catching the most sharks. Holocaust survivors on bearing witness Latest news on Pope Francis' health after lung infection, kidney failure Behind the scenes of "Survivor" Season 48
CBS News
24-02-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Missing fisherman was dragged overboard by shark entangled in fishing gear, Australian police say
Police in Australia say a fisherman who fell overboard during a fishing competition on Sunday was dragged by a shark that was entangled in fishing gear. The search for Paul Barning, a figure in the New South Wales Game Fishing Association, continued Monday after authorities were alerted around 1 p.m. Sunday that the 58-year-old had fallen from his boat, Dark Horse, about 34 miles off the coast of Newcastle near Port Stephens, authorities said. Marine Area Command Commander Superintendent Joe McNulty told local news outlets on Monday that investigators believe the shark was "quite large" compared to Barning's 6.8-meter long vessel. "During that process of bringing the shark alongside, he's become tangled in the fishing line, and the shark has taken off, and that fishing line was pulled taut and maybe contributed to him going over the side of the vessel. There's no evidence to say that shark has attacked the person in the water," McNulty said at a news conference. He added that Barning wasn't wearing a life jacket. Barning, the secretary and past president of the Port Hacking game fishing club, was a "highly experienced game fisherman." He was participating in the NSWGFA Interclub State Championships at the time of the incident, the game fishing organization said in a statement posted to social media. "This devastating accident highlights the risks involved in doing what we all love, game fishing," NSWGFA president Steve Lamond said in the statement. "Please look out for each other and stay safe." Game fishing is a sport in which competitors catch, tag and release game fish including marlins, tunas and sharks. Points depend on the species of the game fish and their size. Among the shark species eligible for points are Blue, Smooth Hammerhead, Mako, Porbeagle, Thresher, Tiger, Great White and Whaler sharks, according to the NSWGFA rulebook. The shark that Barning caught was believed to be a Mako, police said, which can reach up to 13 feet long, according to the NOAA Fisheries. Competitors are also awarded prizes for catching the heaviest shark and catching the most sharks.
