The lights of another fishing boat flicker in the darkness away to the right.
The engine of the Sparviero, a purposeful tub of a fishing boat, shudders into life.
Carol Collins, Stornoway Coastguard watch manager, praised the actions of the fishing boat crews.
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They call Hanoi's complaint that the navy shot at the Vietnamese fishing boat a "pure fabrication".
The agency reported that the vessel was a fishing boat with four people onboard.
The tow rope snapped, however, in heavy seas and the fishing boat went aground on rocks.
During the journey back to Tobermory, the fishing boat's bridle, to which the tow rope was attached, broke.
It argues that opening fire on an unarmed fishing boat violated international law.
China says it fired flares, not weapons, at a Vietnamese fishing boat in the South China Sea last week.
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"It was a local fishing boat, he had put two anchors out, but they wouldn't hold, " said Mrs Jones.
The fishing boat was scheduled to return to its port of Geojin on the eastern coast, according to Yonhap.
In 1999 he spent ten days on a fishing boat in Spain's Alboran Sea helping biologists collect data on dolphins.
The search for a fishing boat and three crew missing off the Dorset coast has revealed a vessel on the seabed.
He wasn't on board the fishing boat "Freedom" when it returned to shore in San Pedro, California, after an overnight excursion.
India however maintains that the fishermen were Indian and on board an Indian fishing boat at the time of the incident.
The New York Times reports that American and Asian officials believe Chinese fishing boat incidents are increasing throughout the region.
The men were caught on a fishing boat just off the port city of Alexandria, said military spokesman Col Ahmed Mohammed Ali.
The captain slows the engines and the fishing boat glides into position.
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The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said an uncharted wreck of similar size to the missing fishing boat, Purbeck Isle had been located.
The men, who were on board an Italian commercial vessel to guard against pirates, are accused of opening fire on the fishing boat.
They allege the men, who were on board an Italian commercial vessel to guard against Somali pirates, opened fire on the fishing boat.
The development comes four months after a group of 31 North Koreans accidentally crossed over into South Korean waters on a fishing boat.
We climb into a small fishing boat, and the sound of chirping crickets gives way to the splashing and gulping of the Adriatic beneath the hull.
Global Times, however, says China should "stand firm" over North Korea's recent provocations such as nuclear tests as well as the hijacked fishing boat.
"No damage was caused to the fishing boat from Vietnam at the time, " he added, without saying what action the Chinese vessel had taken.
The fishing boat was scheduled to return to its port of Geojin on the eastern coast Friday morning, the official said, according to Yonhap.
An investigation into claims that a US nuclear submarine accidentally sank a French fishing boat in 2004, killing five sailors, is to be reopened.
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With streets sloshing with dirty water during the day, the 44-year-old, who works on a commercial fishing boat, admitted hers was a futile task.
The skipper of a fishing boat has told how he and three others were dramatically rescued after it smashed against rocks in a "raging" sea.
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