Search for missing fisherman scaled down

The search for a 61-year-old fisherman missing off Western Australia's southern coast has been scaled back, four days after he set off.

Jeffrey Doyle, an experienced fisherman who had emergency equipment and supplies on board his 8.6 metre cabin cruiser, failed to return from a trip off Bunbury on Monday night as expected.

On Friday, police said the search continued between Cape Naturaliste and Mandurah but had been scaled down.