Stakeholders to feed seafood industry review

MARINE stakeholders were urged yesterday to feed into an independent review of Ireland’s €700 million seafood industry to ensure its future profitability and sustainability.

Some 100 people attended the first in a series of regional meetings for people engaged in the fisheries, aquaculture, seafood processing and marketing industry, at Ferrycarrig Bridge, Co Wexford, earlier this week.

A second regional meeting will be held at Sheen Falls Lodge, Kenmare, Co Kerry today to allow more stakeholders a voice in the review, recently announced by Natural Resources Minister Noel Dempsey and Minister of State John Browne.