#TrawlerDetentions – Two foreign fishing vessels were detained on Saturday by the Naval Service for alleged technical breach of fishing regulations.

The most recent detention took place in the evening when the Naval Service flagship L.É. Eithne (P31) detained a French registered fishing vessel approximately 120 nautical miles off the west Clare coast. The vessel was to be escorted by L.É. Eithne to Castletownbere, from where the vessel was expected to be handed over to An Gardaí Síochána.

Earlier that same day, L.É. Ashling (P23) detained a Spanish registered fishing vessel approximately 80 nautical miles south of Baltimore Bay. Likewise the Naval Service OPV escorted the detained vessel to Castletownbere and handed over to the Gardai.

These detentions bring to 10 the total number of fishing vessels so far detained by the Naval Service this year.