The fisherman who lost his life off the Donegal coast last weekend has been named.
Madis Letsars (37), a father of two, went overboard the crab vessel, Séimí, while crab fishing about 70 miles north of Arranmore Island, Co Donegal, on February 4th.
It is believed he may have got caught in a rope while the vessel was shooting pots.
Originally from the Baltic States and living in Co Armagh, he was one of five on board the vessel at the time.
Emergency services were alerted to the incident, but an Irish Coast Guard rescue operation was stood down after crew members had managed to recover him from the water.
Efforts to revive the young man were unsuccessful.
The boat subsequently returned to Ballyglass in north Mayo, where it was met by the National Ambulance Service and the Garda.
The body of the crewman was taken by ambulance to Mayo University Hospital for a post mortem. His funeral is expected to take place later this week.
Members of the crew of the Séimí are said to be devastated by the loss of the crewman who had been on four or five trips with the crab vessel.
The Séimí is one of a fleet of vessels owned by West Coast Crab Sales Ltd in north Mayo.
An inquiry into the circumstances of the incident will be conducted by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board.