MAIB reveals shocking UK fishermen death toll

2016-07-28T14:38:00

Jerome McCartan is an experienced fisherman from Warrenpoint in County Down. Earlier this year he was working on the fishing vessel ‘Carraig Chuin’ when she sank off the coast of Kilkeel. The vessel sprung a leak and started to go down very quic...

New figures from the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) show that more deaths have been recorded in UK waters than in Alaskan waters where reality TV show The Deadliest Catch is filmed.

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