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

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

Fisherman Paul Barning went missing on Sunday, Feb. 23, after hooking a mako shark and being dragged into the ocean in Australia, according to multiple reports.

Avid fisherman Paul Barning, 58, was taking part in the Game Fishing Association state tournament off the coast of New South Wales in Australia when he disappeared into the ocean

Marine police say a missing fisherman reeled in a mako shark and then lost his footing before being dragged under water 55 kilometres off the NSW coast.

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,

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,