Traditional fishermen pin hopes on aquaculture

TRADITIONAL fishing in a resort town is in crisis and faces a battle for survival that it may not win, local fisheries bodies said yesterday.

The town’s traditional fishermen insist that their industry is on its knees and in immediate need of assistance to extricate it from its mounting difficulties.

However, the Youghal Fisherman’s Co-Op believes that it may have the solution. They are pinning their hopes on aquaculture, or fish farming, and have taken the first step by applying for a foreshore licence to the Department of the Marine.