Fishing & Aquaculture

Search continues for lost Australian fishermen

Baird Maritime

Searchers have expressed confidence in finding the crew of a fishing trawler that has gone missing during tropical cylone Hamish off the central Queensland coast, Australia.

Three men are believed to have been on board the trawler, 'MBC' when it was lost in the bad weather.

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has dispatched a Hercules aircraft and another rescue plane, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported.