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Magnet fishing off a boat? We pulled up something huge from the water, and you won’t believe what we found! Get ready for one ...

A “MONSTER” trawler was detained off the south west coast of Ireland for alleged EU fishing offences and a man has been arrested. The European Fisheries Control Agency patrol vessel ...

A German registered factory supertrawler, the Helen Mary, has been detained in Irish waters for alleged fishery offences by ...