New Irish fishery for spurdog

Published 2022년 12월 20일

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Ireland's Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has met with the National Inshore Fisheries Forum to discuss the state of the inshore sector and its financial viability. The Minister also announced a new quota for spurdog, a long-lived species that has recovered after being closed from fishing since 2011. The quota will allow for the reopening of the fishery, with management measures in place to prevent overfishing. The forum also discussed other issues such as financial support, hook and line mackerel fishery developments, North West herring policy, and the establishment of a Brown Crab Working Group.

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New Irish fishery for spurdog. Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. met virtually last week with the members of the National Inshore Fisheries Forum (NIFF). Minister McConalogue welcomed those representatives from the six Regional Inshore Fisheries Forums who were attending the NIFF for the first time, noting that the Forum is a very valuable mechanism for the views of inshore fishers to be represented. “I am delighted with the level of commitment that people have shown in engaging with the Forums because, without this commitment, this initiative would not have emerged as the influential voice for the inshore sector that it has become,” the Minister said. The Minister discussed with the Forum members issues important to the inshore sector, including the request from the Forum for the Minister to consider financial support mechanisms to enable the sector to remain viable in the current challenging environment. The Minister also listened ...

Source: Fish Focus