Posted Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:45pm AEST
It is feared a man has been taken by a crocodile in far north Queensland.
The man had been fishing with his wife in a canoe at the Midway Waterhole at Lakefield National Park, north-west of Cooktown.
The boat apparently capsized when the couple tried to fend off the crocodile.
The woman swam to shore but the man has not been seen since.
Queensland Environment Minister Desley Boyle says a search began straight away, but had to be called off at dark.
"A search has been mounted but this happened very late this afternoon, just as darkness was coming on," she said.
"So obviously there's limited ability to search this evening, but search will start again first thing tomorrow and obviously we have a little tiny bit of hope, though not very much in fact."
Ms Boyle says few details about this afternoon's incident are known at this stage.
"There was some kind of 'interaction' with a paddle and the croc, the canoe capsized, the couple fell into the water, the woman managed to get to the bank but the man hasn't been seen since," she said.
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