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Platon Alexiades
Hello Roger,
No, other German fishermen were captured. I can think of the three trawlers bagged during operation D.V.:
FRIESLAND captured by HMS HOSTILE on 4 April in 70°06.5 N/17°01.5 E, crew of 13 plus a woman who was a clandestine passenger.
BLANKENBURG captured by HMS FEARLESS on 6 April in 71°05 N/26°49 E, crew of 17.
NORDLAND captured by HMS HOSTILE on 7 April in 69°05 N/14°30 E, crew of ?
These were all sent to Kirkwall with a prize crew.
WILHELM RHEINHOLD was captured in the Vaagsfjord on 12 April by the Norwegian patrol-boat TORODD.
MÜNCHEN was seized at Honningsvåg (12 April?).
MALANGEN was also captured by Norwegian civilians at Honningsvåg on 13 April.
I am not certain of the fate of the crew of the last three but they were probably evacuated from Narvik or Tromsoe at the end of the Norwegian campaign.
Other trawlers may have been seized elsewhere or at another time.
These trawlers were just fishing when they were caught in Norwegian waters. I do not think that they were used for weather reporting or some more sinister purpose. But they could occasionally be used to gather information and NORDLAND - at least on 21 March 1940 - did report movements of British destroyers to the OKM.
Best regards,

Platon