Fishermen’s compensation levels to be studied by EU

EU Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg yesterday undertook to study the levels of compensation being offered by the Irish Government to drift net fishermen following the compulsory ban on the fishing method.

Mr Borg gave the commitment to Fine Gael’s John Deasy at a conference on the future of the European Union’s Maritime Policy in Livorno, Italy.

Mr Deasy raised the case of salmon drift netters in Ireland and argued that the compensation being offered by the Government was woefully inadequate.