A major west coast retail fish supplier has pledged to sell only Irish-caught fish and shellfish during the current Covid-19 restrictions to support the Irish inshore fleet.

One of the country’s largest fish processing companies is shutting down because the EU’s fish markets have collapsed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

A total of €2.4m in grant aid to 20 seafood processing companies, which was announced yesterday by Agriculture, Food and Marine Minister Simon Coveney, is projected to deliver 157 jobs and €45m in additional sales by 2016.