A look at how the Air Corps Maritime Squadron monitor fishing activities in Irish waters.
Aonghus McAnally is at Casement Aerodrome (Baldonnel), where he meets Commandant Ralph James of the Air Corps Maritime Squadron.
This squadron patrols Ireland’s Exclusive Economic Zone, which contains valuable fishing grounds. The surveillance duties include monitoring illegal trawlers.
Captain John McDermott is responsible for photographing vessels fishing illegally and expects that they will see something today, as the south west is normally quite busy.
The aircraft’s radar locates a trawler fishing illegally. The vessel is photographed and activity documented, with details relayed to the Naval Service, who take the next step.
This episode of ‘Anything Goes’ was broadcast on 4 April 1986. The reporter is Aonghus McAnally.
‘Anything Goes’ was a young people’s programme on RTÉ Television which went out on Saturday mornings. Presented by Aonghus McAnally, Kathy Parke, Dave Heffernan, Mary FitzGerald and Mary Frances Calayco, it was first broadcast on 4 October 1980 and continued for 6 years.
