'This is devastating' – skipper barred from fishing near Rockall returns home

Lithuanian fisherman Tadas Kasiulevicius working on New Year’s Eve 2020 aboard the 15-metre trawler La Petite Edelweiss, which is owned by Sean “Bawn” O’Sullivan, from Castletownbere, West Cork. Picture: Neil Michael 

The skipper barred from fishing within 12 nautical miles of Rockall in the Atlantic by a Marine Scotland patrol ship was returning home on Wednesday night.

Adrian McClenaghan said his business now faced an uncertain future if he could not return to Rockall waters, which is where he earns about 30% of his turnover.