Family of Western Sydney rock fisherman who drowned at Port Kembla calls for mandatory lifejackets

The family of a Western Sydney grocer believes their loved one would still be alive had lifejackets been made mandatory at a notoriously dangerous rock-fishing spot.

Mojaffar Ahammed, 37, and Mahade Khan, 30, were not wearing lifejackets when the friends cast their rods into rough seas while standing on a rock shelf near Port Kembla on February 12.

Their fate was similar to three other men, who died after being swallowed by a freak wave at Hill…