Volunteer divers from Northern Ireland have recovered the body of Mr Tom Hughes, skipper of the Amber Rose fishing boat, which sank on October 15th last year.
The body was found just off the Isle of Man yesterday, not far from where the boat sank.
The Amber Rose was returning to its Portavogie, Co Down base when it went down.
A local Ulster Unionist Party councillor, Mr Paul Carson, said that recovering the body was a relief for the family after many frustrating weeks.