oyster dredging

  • Falmouth oyster dredging

    Falmouth oyster dredging

    12th July 2019

    Falmouth’s oyster dredging fishery is the only example of a regulated sail-powered fishery in the UK, and possibly in Europe too. Martin Johns reports Many fishermen often comment that, on a good day, theirs is the best job in the…

  • Scallop fishermen dismayed by lack of parity in Blacksod Bay fisheries

    Scallop fishermen dismayed by lack of parity in Blacksod Bay fisheries

    23rd February 2016

    County Mayo scallop fishermen are infuriated that oyster dredging is set to commence in the same area where scallop dredging is banned, reports Pauric Gallagher. Scallop dredging was initially halted in Blacksod by fishermen voluntarily, to allow for measures to…

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