Update,Tuesday April 2,12pm:Police and SES personnel are attempting to recover a body,believed to be the missing fisherman. The body is in an extremely difficult position within a rock formation off the coast of Cape Arid. The family of the fisherman have been advised.
A search is under way off Cape Arid,nearly two hours’ drive east of Esperance,for a missing 36-year-old fisherman.
About 2.20pm Saturday,police received a report of a fisherman slipping off the rocks into the water at Cape Arid near the mouth of Thomas River.
The man was with a family member at the time of the incident and has not been seen since.
Boats,jet-skis and air assets were combing the surrounding area on Sunday,with State Emergency Services volunteers assisting on foot at nearby beaches.
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