Emergency service crews scouring southern Queensland waters for more than 24 hours have yet to locate a fisherman or his boat.
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Paul Brazier, 37, departed from Urangan Boat Harbour at Hervey Bay about 1.30pm on Monday.
Police were alerted on Wednesday afternoon that he was missing and a search started with a focus on waters off Hervey Bay and Fraser Island.
The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew joined police who continued their search on Thursday morning.
The chopper has performed a zig-zag search pattern over the sea, between Fraser Island and the Wide Bay coastline, the RACQ said in a statement.
The Hervey Bay man's boat is a white 2002 Yalta 5.4-metre half cabin powerboat with the registration NE852Q.
Mr Brazier is described as Caucasian, approximately 177cm tall, of a proportionate build, with red crew-cut hair, a beard and moustache.
Australian Associated Press