SEVERN Adventures – The Fishery Protection Patrol Boat SEVERN in an eventful month visited its affiliated “City”, Newport, an annual visit which coincided with Mayoral Civic Sunday, Veterans Day, the Jubilee Celebration Service, Armed Forces Day and the launch of the Newport Armed Forces Covenant and so it was a particularly busy weekend.   From Newport the SEVERN sailed back on Maritime Security and Fishery Protection tasking.

The SEVERN (and the two sisterships MERSEY and TYNE) are now part of a joint approach to enforcing European Fisheries Legislation and they operate in UK, and French, Irish and Spanish waters in support of the South West Approaches Common Control Programme with the inspectors embarked. This unity of effort together with shared information resulted in the detection of several serious offences, the results of which included seven vessels detained for further investigation by national authorities.

In between two lengthy offshore patrols, SEVERN enjoyed an Operational Stand-Down Period in Vigo (Spain), the largest fishing port in Europe and home to the European Fisheries Control Agency.     The SEVERN will continue to conduct Maritime Security and Fishery Protection Operations on the West Patrol.