Case #2376 · Satellite radar detection, no AIS
Resolved
Assessed and closed. On the evidence available this is not a case against this vessel.
8 June 2026 · BREIZH ARVOR II · Cape Bank MCZ (BTFG Byelaw 2023)
Assessed and closed: activity cannot be established on any evidence available to us.
Every CAUGHT case is assessed on three independent questions, and the weakest of the three decides. A case reads CAUGHT only when all three are established and a person has reviewed it.
Activity weak
Was it fishing, here, and then?
Vessel strong
What gear does this boat actually use?
Rule strong
What was prohibited there, then, for that gear?
Not established: activity. A case is only as strong as its weakest factor, so this one cannot read CAUGHT until that is settled.
Nothing here asks to be taken on trust. The full report sets out every source, every measurement and everything we could not establish.
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