The new Seafood Ireland group travelled to Brussels last week to seek support from MEPs, following confirmation in two reports of a sharp decline in Irish landings. Noting that landings by Irish vessels fell by a ‘staggering’ €37m last year…
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The European Parliament has backed a ban on bottom trawling below a depth of 800m in the North-East Atlantic. Trawling at greater depths than 800m will be illegal. New regulations will also restrict deep-sea fishing to the area where it…
