Martin Kenny
Question:338. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of lives lost involving commercial fishing in the past 20 years, by location and year, in tabular form. [18549/17]
View answerWednesday, 12 April 2017
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The Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) was established in June 2002 to carry out investigations into, and report on, marine casualties in Irish waters or involving Irish registered vessels including those in the commercial fishing sector. The MCIB on its establishment also completed a number of investigations covering the period 1992-2002.
Information on fatalities can be found in its Annual Reports and in its Reports on Investigations, on its website at www.mcib.ie.
The information that follows relating to commercial fishing is based on MCIB published reports, other than in relation to 2016 incidents, which are the subject of current investigations and for which reports have not yet been published.
|
Year |
Incident(s) |
Location |
|
2016 |
1 fatality 1 fatality 1 fatality 1 fatality |
Wicklow Cork Galway Kerry |
|
2015 |
2 fatalities 1 fatality |
Donegal Donegal |
|
2014 |
1 fatality |
Donegal |
|
2013 |
3 fatalities 1 fatality 1 fatality |
Waterford Wexford Cork |
|
2012 |
1 fatality 1 fatality 2 fatalities 5 fatalities |
Mayo Galway Clare Cork |
|
2011 |
1 fatality 1 fatality 2 fatalities 1 fatality |
Mayo Wexford Dublin Cork |
|
2010 |
2 fatalities 1 fatality 1 fatality |
Donegal Cork Wexford |
|
2009 |
1 fatality 1 fatality |
Kerry Wexford |
|
2008 |
2 fatalities 1 fatality 1 fatality |
Donegal International waters Cork |
|
2007 |
1 fatality 1 fatality 2 fatalities 2 fatalities 5 fatalities 1 fatality |
Wexford Mayo Waterford Donegal Wexford Waterford |
|
2006 |
1 fatality 2 fatalities 3 fatalities 1 fatality 1 fatality 1 fatality |
Cork Wexford Scilly Isles Wexford Louth Donegal |
|
2005 |
2 fatalities |
Wexford |
|
2004 |
4 fatalities 1 fatality 1 fatality |
Galway Cork Cork |
|
2003 |
1 fatality |
Clare |
|
2002 |
1 fatality 1 fatality 1 fatality |
Kerry Galway International waters |
|
2001 |
1 fatality |
Dublin |
|
2000 |
1 fatality 1 fatality 4 fatalities 1 fatality |
Cork Off West coast after leaving Cork Cork Waterford |
|
1999 |
1 fatality |
Cork |
|
1998 |
2 fatalities |
Donegal |