Naval Service to increase fishery protection duties

The Naval Service is beginning to increase fishery protection duties having suffered a number of setbacks in recent years.

In 2014 the Naval Service carried out 936 boarding of trawlers, which was nearly half what it managed in 2009.

Problems started surfacing in the fleet in 2013 when it was only able to carry out 994 boardings, compared to 1,329 the previous year.