Over the weekend L.É. William Butler Yeats inspected the German and Dutch super-trawlers that have been fishing off the west coast.
Approaching the Super-trawler Geelong Star. Image Irish Naval Service
A number of super-trawlers have been fishing along the west coast near Galway including the Dutch-registered Dirk Dirk, formally known as the Geelong Star, that recently vacated Australian waters.
