Name of missing WA fisherman released

Luke Anthony Murray has been named as the missing crab fisherman who went overboard off Western Australia's Gascoyne coast.

The search continues for the 40-year-old who was reported missing from the Napoleon, a commercial crab fishing boat, off Denham at 6.30am on Monday, when the vessel was about 83km west of Steep Point.

A police spokesman said other fishing vessels were helping with the search and conditions were improved.