A criminal investigation into the sinking of the Nancy Glen has been dropped.
The trawler was sailing in Lower Loch Fyne in Argyll on January 18 last year when it sank within sight of its home port of Tarbert.
Skippers Duncan MacDougall, 46, and Przemek Krawczyk, 38, both died in the tragedy.
Fellow crewman John Miller – the sole survivor of the ordeal – raised the alarm after he was pulled from the water by a nearby fishing boat.
The incident prompted a huge campaign to raise enough money to raise the trawler so Mr MacDougall and Mr Krawczyk could be laid to rest.
The MAIB carried out an investigation, while the Crown Office opened its own probe into the January 18, 2018 sinking.
Last night, however, it confirmed that no criminal proceedings will be brought.
A Crown Office spokesman said: “On January 18, 2018 the trawler Nancy Glen sank in Loch Fyne resulting in the deaths of Duncan MacDougall and Przemek Krawczyk.
“Having carefully considered all the circumstances of this tragic incident, Crown counsel have concluded, based on the available evidence, that there will be no criminal proceedings brought as a result of the deaths.
“As both men died in the course of their employment, a mandatory fatal accident inquiry will take place in due course.
“The families have been informed of this decision.”
More than £300,000 was raised by members of the community to help recover the wreckage, before the Scottish Government agreed to cover the costs.
The decision by the Scottish Government to lift the boat means all of the money raised by the campaign can go to support the men’s families and the survivor, Mr Miller
As Mr Krawczyk’s wife, Gosia, marked the one-year anniversary of the tragedy, she called for more work to ensure fishermen’s safety.
She said: “Nothing has been done to ensure fishermen’s safety.
“To this day there are no regulations regarding the recovery of sunken fishing vessels, there is not even an office or person dealing directly with such a problem and with such tragedies.
“Absolutely nothing has been done and this is a very sad reality in which we live.
“How many more fishermen have to die? How many of them will still be left at the bottom of the sea? How many more families will have to go through the hell of such a tragedy as we had to?”
