New Irish fishery for spurdog

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 ...