Well that didn't take long - Donegal vessel blocked from fishing around Rockall by Scottish patrol boat

[kof]

Donegal vessel blocked from fishing around Rockall (rte.ie)

A Marine Scotland patrol boat has blocked a Donegal fishing vessel from entering the waters around Rockall in the North Atlantic.
The Northern Celt was boarded and its skipper instructed that he can no longer fish within 12 nautical miles of the disputed rocky outcrop as a result of Brexit. The Department of Foreign Affairs is aware of the incident and is in contact with the UK and Scottish authorities.

The fisheries patrol vessel, the Jura, arrived in the area on 1 January, the day after the UK's Brexit transition period ended. Members of its crew boarded the Northern Celt yesterday as it prepared to cast its nets. "We were fishing in Rockall and members of the crew from the Jura boarded us. They informed us that we could no longer fish inside the 12-mile limit of Rockall," skipper Adrian McClenaghan told RTÉ News.

 

[wully1]

It’s OK - They’ll be allowed back in after Indy

 

[awol]

Sounds like idiocy! Apart from the disputed nature of Rockall, what is Nicola doing sending her navy to police Brexit? Or is Marine Scotland in thrall to our Westminster overlords?

 

[Birdseye]

I didnt think they were allowed to fish inside the 12 miles limit even when we were members. Surely the argument has been about the 200 mile limit.

What enforcement equipment does the patrol boat have? Do they threaten to play the bagpipes if the culprit doesnt do what he is told? Or is it catapults firing haggis?

 

[kippers26]

Fishing Vessels from Northern Ireland can now only land and "access services" at 2 ports in Southern Ireland, Killybegs and Castletownbere , presumably this also applies to Scottish vessel. So if you were low on fuel off Donegal you have to head back to Scotland or NI.

Copy of notice to NI vessel owners
Following the end of the Brexit Implementation period, UK is now outside the regime applying to EU fishing vessels. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) in the Republic of Ireland has asked DAERA to point out to Northern Ireland Licensees that landings in the Republic should only be at the Designated ports of Killybegs or Castletownbere. SFPA state that UK licensed boats may not land into nor access services in any other ports in the Republic.

 

[awol]

FPV Jura seems to have turned off AIS on 27th Dec while off Anstruther and heading north. Main armament either 30mm or 40mm Bofors.

 

[savageseadog]

It’s OK - They’ll be allowed back in after Indy

That's a good thing?

 

[wully1]

Sounds like idiocy! Apart from the disputed nature of Rockall, what is Nicola doing sending her navy to police Brexit? Or is Marine Scotland in thrall to our Westminster overlords?

Yes.

She didn’t. It’s not a naval vessel and certainly not hers. Try to find a less pathetic way to have a go at the nasty, bad ,scary lady.

The chief constable has authority over fishery protection (I think.. nowt to do with any politician)

 

[Binnacle]

I think it is an action to set a precedence about the new laws. FPV must had a good idea the FV was heading for Rockall. No point in an expensive FPV just lurking 250 miles out into the Atlantic just in case...

 

[Adios]

Well we earned it as the only people mad enough to inhabit the place. This is on a calm day

 

[Deleted member 36384]

Intersting history on why UK claimed Rockall

 

[awol]

Yes.

She didn’t. It’s not a naval vessel and certainly not hers. Try to find a less pathetic way to have a go at the nasty, bad ,scary lady.

The chief constable has authority over fishery protection (I think.. nowt to do with any politician)

At one time Alex's Navy (when he was heid bummer) a.k.a. Marine Scotland had more ships at sea than the RN. Marine Scotland falls under the aegis of the Economy Directorates, nought to do with ra polis. As to the blessed Nicola, for whom the saints be praised, if she can take any time off from actively attempting to preserve the health of the nation I suspect she may be having a wee word in the shell-likes of Annabel Turpie, the Director.
Incidentally, I owe a debt of gratitude to FPV Hirta who rescued me from an embarrassing predicament with a wayward life raft off Whitehills a few years back.

 

[Stemar]

Fishing Vessels from Northern Ireland can now only land and "access services" at 2 ports in Southern Ireland, Killybegs and Castletownbere , presumably this also applies to Scottish vessel. So if you were low on fuel off Donegal you have to head back to Scotland or NI.

As a matter of routine, maybe, but if a boat is low enough on fuel that they risk not getting home, I don't see the crew being packed off to chokey because they called in at the wrong place. The skipper may get grief for gross incompetence, but that's another matter.

 

[mainsail1]

FPV Jura seems to have turned off AIS on 27th Dec while off Anstruther and heading north. Main armament either 30mm or 40mm Bofors.

Nope. No Armament. Nothing to do with Armed Forces.

 

[Iliade]

The old one had guns. The new (less old) one doesn't.

 

[Stemar]

The old one had guns. The new (less old) one doesn't.

That's probably as well, it prevents accidents. Shooting fishing boats or fishermen, even when they're in the wrong place is frowned upon these days, except by Disgusted RN (ret) of Tonbridge Wells and Mr Farage

 

[SaltyC]

I didnt think they were allowed to fish inside the 12 miles limit even when we were members. Surely the argument has been about the 200 mile limit.

What enforcement equipment does the patrol boat have? Do they threaten to play the bagpipes if the culprit doesnt do what he is told? Or is it catapults firing haggis?

Unfortunately the slightly biased agreement allowed 'them' to fish up to 6 miles from our South Coast but we weren't allowed within 12 miles of the French Coast. Theyw ere protecting their Frogs Legs?

 

[kof]

I vote that the Irish navy go out there and strut their stuff and show the "Scottish navy" who's boss!.

Oh wait, do we have a navy? On second thoughts, let's all go to pub and talk about it over a pint or two. Oh wait, the pubs are all closed. Back to Navies shooting again.

 

[westhinder]

It sounds like a problem that can wait until the pubs are open again

 

[alan_d]

Britain and Ireland both lay claim to the waters around Rockall, because of potential economic benefits. If they cannot agree they could submit to international arbitration, but neither side seems keen to do this. One possible outcome of arbitration would be that neither claim would be supported, on the grounds that Rockall is not in any meaningful sense inhabitable and would not be deemed part of any nation.