Super trawler labelled the 'Death Star of the oceans' 
By Joe O'Shea IE Source: corkbeo 3/15/2023
Joe O'Shea
The world's second-largest factory trawler - a giant floating fish processing vessel - is currently fishing off the Cork coast, causing concerns for environmentalists and the Irish fishing sector.
 

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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