After three days, the search for an Australian fisherman who was pulled into the ocean by a shark has been suspended.

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

A fisherman in Australia is lost at sea after a shark dragged him into the ocean, police said. Paul Barning, a member of the New South Wales Game Fishing Association, was pulled into the water after becoming tangled in fishing gear on Sunday afternoon.