Manx-donated boat tackling African crime

Tue, 08 Oct 2013

A Manx patrol boat which was gifted to Sierra Leone is helping to stamp out illegal fishing in the country.

Last year the Manx Government donated the vessel which is used to police the waters.

Rushen MHK Phil Gawne has just returned to the Island after spending six days working with the government there.

He is chairman of the International Development Committee and says the committee's work shows the Island in a good light: