Man's arm caught in net winch

A Maclean professional fisherman, Barry Dwarte has had to be rescued from his trawler after having his arm caught in the net winch on his trawler

Topics:  fishing, lake wooloweyah, trawler, yamba

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It was unclear as paramedics worked on Mr Dwarte at Palmers Channel yesterday whether his arm could be saved.

THE 62-year-old trawler operator who had his arm caught in a winch during an incident on Lake Wooloweyah has been transported to Princess Alexandra...

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