KEY POINTS:
The search for a crewman from a Korean fishing vessel has been called off.
A 20sq km search for the 54-year-old man, reported missing from the ship about 90km off Banks Peninsula on Tuesday, found no trace of him.
The Rescue Co-ordination Centre will seek further information from the ship's master when he arrives in Bluff next Tuesday.
The Korean Embassy has been told of the incident.
- STAFF REPORTERS, NZPA
