Irish vessel stopped while fishing near Rockall

Rockall is under 300 miles from Scotland and Ireland's western extremities. File Picture: SNH, Marine Scotland/Crown Copyright/PA Wire

A Donegal trawler was stopped and boarded by officers from a Marine Scotland patrol boat on Monday near Rockall, in the north Atlantic.

Fishermen aboard the Northern Celt were told they were not allowed fish near the controversial rock outcrop.