A West Clare fishing representative insists the Government has “no track record” of properly representing the interests of coastal communities such as those in this county.
It comes as European Fisheries Ministers have reached agreement on quotas for Irish and EU fishers for 2025.
Speaking after the agreement was finalised, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue said the Government’s priority was to secure Irish fishers’ ability to catch mackerel and herring “in addition to the traditional white fish stocks”.
Carrigaholt-based Chair of Irish Charter Skippers Association and representative on the National Inshore Fisheries Forum, Luke Aston, claims the State isn’t properly advocating for communities dependent on fishing.
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