The two-day search for a rock fisherman missing off the Far South Coast has ended with the discovery of a body tonight.
The body is believed to belong to a 57-year-old Canberra man last seen fishing off rocks about 300m west of Haycock Point, Eden, on Monday.
The man was not wearing a life jacket.
Surf Life Saving duty officer Andrew Edmunds said a member of the public contacted police at 8pm yesterday after spotting a body about 100 metres off headland at the northern end of Merimbula Bay.
Eden Water Police retrieved the deceased from the water, Mr Edmunds said.
See tomorrow’s Mercury for a full report
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