A fishing expedition off the coast of New Castle ended in tragedy when 58-year-old Paul Barning was pulled overboard by a large mako shark,

A missing fisherman in Australia was dragged from a boat by a shark entangled in fishing gear, officials in New South Wales said.

Australian authorities have been unable to locate a fisherman who fell overboard during a competition. The search was officially suspended Tuesday.

Paul Barning went missing Sunday after falling overboard his boat during a fishing competition in New South Wales, Australia.

After three days, the search for an Australian fisherman who was pulled into the ocean by a shark has been suspended. On Sunday, Feb. 23, Paul Barning, 58, was in the NSW Game Fishing Association’s interclub state championships off the coast of Newcastle when he became entangled in a line used to secure a large mako shark that pulled him into the water,

Police in Newcastle, Australia have revealed 58-year-old Paul Barning was pulled overboard after becoming entangled in his line during a fishing competition on Sunday

A professional fisherman became lost at sea Sunday afternoon during a fishing competition in shark-infested southeast Australian waters and has yet to be recovered. Paul Barning “was tragically lost at sea in the most unlikely of circumstances whilst fishing on his boat Dark Horse off Port Stephens on Sunday,