Two fishing vessels have been detained by the Naval ship Aoife for alleged offences.
A Spanish-registered vessel, the Matalena Segundo, and a French registered vessel, Etel, were apprehended 150 miles west of the Blasket islands for alleged undersized gillnets and incorrect marking of gillnet buoys.
Both were under escort last night to Castletownbere, Co Cork, where they will be handed over to the Garda.