A cloud of fear and sadness has gripped sections of Falmouth, Trelawny, after a veteran fisherman is feared to have been killed by a shark while fishing off the coast.

Missing is 55-year-old fisherman Dennis Clarke of Falmouth.

Fritz Christie, president of the Trelawny Fishermen’s Association, told The STAR that hopes of finding Clarke alive have faded after a week-long search at sea.