<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A search is under way for a fisherman who vanished in waters off </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="_blank" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span>'s south.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 35-year-old set off alone from a boat ramp on Port Hacking Road in Dolans Bay at about 9am yesterday morning but never returned.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was reported missing at 7pm last night and search crews found his six-metre boat unmanned off Port Kembla in the state's Illawarra region a few hours later at 12.15am.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/police-operation-at-sydney-airport-man-arrested/373e6fba-44c9-4bc7-8f37-71534e3e304f" target="_blank"><strong><span>Dramatic arrest as Aussie airport temporarily locked down</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However there was no sign of the fisherman.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The search resumed at 8am this morning with water police, marine rescue and NSW surf life savers scouring the coast.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) spokesperson said four helicopters had also joined the search.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/search-under-way-for-missing-fisherman-off-nsw-coast-dolands-bay-port-kembla/14830c41-7619-4a26-8e8c-567149d69c2d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"AMSA is co-ordinating the aerial search this morning with four helicopters between Port Kembla and Jervis Bay, while officers from the NSW Police Force Marine Area Command are co-ordinating the water search," the spokesperson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&hl=en_AU&pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>
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