North West Correspondent
The Irish fishing industry has warned it is bracing for catastrophic fishing quotas next year that “could collapse the Irish fishing sector and devastate major fishing communities”.
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) whose scientific advice on stock status is used by the EU to set fishing quotas, has recommended a 70% reduction in the EU’s mackerel quota next year, a 41% reduction in the blue whiting quota and a 22% reduction in the boarfish quota.
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