A CREW member on a scallop dredger had to be rescued after suffering an asthma attack.

The fishing dredge - a type of dredge which is towed along the bottom of the sea by a fishing boat in order to collect a targeted edible bottom-dwelling species - was located six miles off Rhyl.

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Rhyl lifeboat approaches casualty. Picture: Paul Frost/Rhyl RNLI

Rhyl Lifeboat's all-weather Mersey-class lifeboat was launched on Saturday, March 23 at about 3.40pm. It arrived alongside the vessel some twenty minutes later.

The crew member had run out of his medication for his condition.

A spokesperson for Rhyl Lifeboat said: "Two first aiders from the lifeboat were transferred to the vessel to assess and start casualty care for the crew member.

"His condition was stabilised and he was transferred on to the lifeboat, where he was given oxygen to aid his breathing for the return to Rhyl."

The man was transferred to hospital by ambulance.

Andrew Wilde, duty Coxswain of the lifeboat, said: "I am very pleased we were able to get to the casualty quickly, and treat him so he was taken back to shore to get the care he required."