what are these ships fishing for

hey lads

i was wondering i noticed about 8 fishing ships offf the coast of ireland and i was wondering hat kind of fish hese would be targeting
n55,31 w17.40

cheers in advance

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/ this is the site

My guess is mackeral. Fishing Icelandic/Faroes "quotas".

I would say Mackerel alright! very unusual to get an ais contact out there. there has to be a boat in that area that has a sat link up and conected to its ais reciver

I would say Mackerel alright! very unusual to get an ais contact out there. there has to be a boat in that area that has a sat link up and conected to its ais reciver

sorry west coast skipper that just went right over my head

Maybe blue whiting.