The search for the ludic fisherman who disappeared since Saturday night at the beach of the Baleal in Peniche was interrupted without finding the victim, indicated the National Maritime Authority.
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12/10/2026
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Asearch for the ludic fisherman disappeared since Saturday night at the beach of Baleal, in Peniche, district of Leiria, were interrupted at the end of the afternoon today “without finding the victim”, indicated the National Maritime Authority.
“ The search for a 53-year-old recreational fisherman, who has been missing since the night of October 10, after he left to carry out the activity of recreational fishing accommodated in the Baleal area in the municipality of Peniche, was interrupted without finding the victim”, reads in a statement from the National Maritime Authority (AMN).
In the note, the AMN states that, “according to what was possible to ascertain”, the recreational fisherman “will have left home to practice the activity and will not have returned”.
Also according to the AMN, in the search operations, coordinated by the Captain of Porto and Local Commander of the Peniche Maritime Police, were involved, by sea, crew members of the Peniche Lifeguard Station and elements of the Peniche Maritime Police Local Command, as well as a diving team of the Special Civil Protection Force.
By land, adds AMN, were engaged elements of the Captaincy and Local Command of the Peniche Maritime Police, Municipal Service of Civil Protection and Volunteer Firefighters of Peniche, “supported by drones of the Special Civil Protection Force” and by an aircraft of the Portuguese Air Force.
“The Maritime Police Psychology Office has been activated and continues to provide support to the victim’s family members.