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Belfast Live
Belfast Live
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Joe O'Shea & Martin McCullough

Giant fishing trawler labelled the 'Death Star of the oceans' heading to Northern Ireland's coastline

The world's second-largest factory trawler - a giant floating fish processing vessel - is currently fishing off the Irish coast – and could be heading to waters off Northern Ireland.

The ship's movements off the coast of Ireland have raised huge concerns among environmentalists, the Irish fishing and food sector and recreational anglers.

The giant FV Margiris is equal in length to 14 regular-sized trawlers and drags vast nets stretching the distance of six football pitches. It has been called, by critics, a "floating Death Star" and a "threat to fishing communities and their seas".

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