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Fisheries Queensland director dies scuba diving

FISHERIES Queensland director Andrew Thwaites has died in a scuba diving accident off Moreton Island last week.

Thwaites, an experienced scuba diver, failed to resurface after diving with a commercial charter operator around 2pm on the 10th August.

An extensive search and rescue operation was launched with seven helicopters, a fixed wing aircraft and sixteen vessels with the potential search zone covering 200 sq. nautical miles

Police divers eventually recovered his body around 10am the following morning.

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