A second body has been found in a marine search for found men who went missing of Perth’s coastline after leaving for a fishing trip on Wednesday.
About 5.40pm, authorities found the body deceased person west of Garden Island.
The body is yet to be identified, and further inquiries will be carried out by the Coronial Investigation Unit.
A WA Police spokesman said the body was found in the same vicinity as the first one.
The widescale marine search for the fishermen, which included a Coodanup man and his family, started on Thursday.
Police have confirmed the men missing are a 50-year-old Coodanup boat owner, his brother, his 24-year-old son and a family friend.
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The alarm was raised at 9pm on Thursday, after the quartet did not return home from a fishing trip.
The 5.5 metre vessel is believed to have left Cockburn Sound on Wednesday evening, with the men planning to go fishing at Rottnest Island.
Police will today continue the search for the missing fisherman and their boat.
The searched started again at first light after authorities ceased the operation overnight.
On Saturday, 10 vessels, two jet-skis, one police helicopter joined the search along the western side of Garden Island and the coast.
The vessels include Water Police, Department of Transport and Volunteer Marine Rescue crews from Cockburn, Fremantle, Mandurah, Whitfords.
