The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (SHK) concluded in its investigation that the commander got his leg caught in a line belonging to the fishing equipment. The equipment was attached to the bottom and the commander was pulled overboard when the fishing boat continued moving forward, and drowned. The commander who drowned was not wearing a life jacket.
Two fishermen, a commander and a deckhand, were fishing for lobster with traps in April last year. The fishing boat lacked a safety device to store the line in a safe way from the crew on board. The deckhand did not know how to operate the boat.
The Swedish Transport Agency is criticized for not having sufficient oversight of fishing boats at the system level and should develop and expand its oversight. The exact location where the fishing incident occurred in April last year has not been disclosed. It remains unclear what specific safety device was missing on the fishing boat.
What actions the Swedish Transport Agency will take to develop and expand its oversight of fishing boats is also unknown.