Gold Coast Water Police are searching for a 39-year-old man after a fishing trawler was overturned off the Gold Coast last night.
It’s believed the trawler with two people on board struck a submerged object or became caught in nets about 2am.
The deckhand was washed overboard and is still missing.
The skipper remained in the boat for several hours before getting into a life raft and activating an EPIRB as the boat began to sink.
He was later picked up by Careflight helicopter and taken to Robina Hospital suffering from hypothermia.
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