The NSW Water Police, Marine Rescue NSW and the Life Saver Rescue helicopter were desperately searching the area 55km off the Newcastle coast, north of Sydney.
FEARS are growing for a man who is thought to have been dragged overboard by a great white shark during a fishing competition on Saturday.
A major air and sea search is to resume to desperately find the fisherman off the New South Wales coast in Australia.
The man was taking party in the interclub fishing competition yesterday off the coast of Port Stephens when he fell overboard.
Game fishing competitions are widely popular off this particular coastline due to the deep water and warm currents where fish and sharks reside.
