Ireland’s fisheries Minister visits ports

Ireland’s fisheries minister visits ports. Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, is continuing his series of visits to some of Ireland’s main fishing ports. The Minister has just met with fishers, fishing organisations and other stakeholders as he visited Dingle, Fenit and Cromane in Co. Kerry. These visits follow on from the Minister’s trips during the summer to Howth, Kilmore Quay, Dunmore East, Killybegs, Union Hall and Castletownbere. In Fenit, the Minister met with local fishers to discuss fishing matters. The Marine Institute and local stakeholders updated the Minister on conservation initiatives and measures for crayfish along the Co. Kerry coastline and outline protection measures for Angel Shark, Skates and Rays, particularly in the Tralee Bay area. A public consultation on the crayfish fishery has been underway since 5 August, to gather views on measures targeted at eliminating the by-catch of endangered species while seeking to ...