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24th August 2012
Navy Detain Irish Trawler off Ballycotton
#NAVAL SERVICE –An Irish registered trawler was detained by the Naval Service OPV L.É. Niamh (P52) some 50 nautical miles south of Ballycotton, Co. Cork in the early hours of yesterday morning.
The detention was in relation to alleged breaches of technical fishing regulations. The trawler was taken under escort by the OPV to Cork and was to be handed over to the Gardaí.
So far the Naval Service in 2012 have carried out 1006 boardings, issued 38 warnings and detained 13 vessels.
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