On 3 March, 2 days into the scallop fishing season, a trawler crew member suffered serious head and neck injuries while trying to operate lifting gear.

New Quay’s Mersey class lifeboat crew were called out to prepare him for an RAF airlift to hospital but found a more complicated scenario that took 8 hours in all to tackle. Cardigan lifeboat assisted by bringing divers to free the trawler’s fouled propeller and rudder. The fisherman made a good recovery.