Fishing Reports News

Fishing boats caught in protected reef zone - Three illegal fishing boats have been caught near one of the most environmentally significant islands in the Great Barrier Reef.
Customs officials apprehended the Indonesian boats near Raine Island, 600 kilometres north of Cairns last Friday.
The 27 crew have been taken to Thursday Island and the boats [...]

Fatal trawler sinking probe launched
An official inquiry into the sinking of a trawler in the Irish Sea last week with the loss of two crew members got under way today.
Marine accident investigators travelled to the fishing port of Ardglass, Co Down, from Southampton to carry out the probe.
At the same time, police divers resumed their [...]

No-one will ever know what caused a trawler to sink off the Connemara coast in severe weather last September claiming the lives of four fishermen, a report said today.
Marine investigators said the tragic loss of the crew of the St Oliver on the tiny, uninhabited Duck Island remained shrouded in obscurity.
The report revealed the boat [...]

In the early hours of sunday morning a 26 metre Banff registered fishing vessel went aground east of Fraserburgh with five people aboard.

The initial alarm was raised by the vessel to the Fraserburgh Harbour Authority who in turn called Aberdeen Coastguard. At the request of the Coastguard the Harbour Authority instructed the stranded fishing vessel [...]

Haddock fishing ban - A report submitted by scientists to European fisheries ministers has called for a total ban on cod fishing in the North Sea. The report also urges that fishermen should limit their catch of haddock to 40 percent of what they are currently lugging in.
The report was written by the International [...]