A FISHING boat ran aground at Lower Town, Fishguard this evening (Monday).

A spokesman for HM Coastguard Fishguard said the lifeboat was called at around 5.50pm police were also in attendance.

There were no casualties.

After standing down at 11pm last night some of the team was back out at 4.30am this morning (Tuesday) for high tide and the refloating of the vessel.

By 6.20am the boat was safely back at Lower Town, and the team stood down at 9.40am.

The boat, the M55, fishes out of Milford Haven.