Overview
- The two men, both from Victoria, left Cape Jaffa on Tuesday morning to check craypots and were due back around midday.
- A friend raised the alarm about 4pm when they did not return, and police said the pair had been in a 6.3-metre boat equipped with safety gear.
- Officers recovered the 67-year-old’s body on Tuesday night, and the search has restarted with efforts focused on finding the 74-year-old.
- Two Australian Maritime Safety Authority aircraft, SES volunteers from Kingston South East, PIRSA Fisheries staff and four commercial fishers are assisting.
- Authorities report light winds and low swell today and are also sweeping the shoreline in case the missing man made it to land.