Dempsey warns fishing industry ‘adapt or die’

COMMUNICATIONS and Marine Minister Noel Dempsey has challenged all sectors of the Irish fishing industry to adapt urgently or die.

Dempsey warns fishing industry ‘adapt or die’

In an outspoken interview with the Irish Examiner, the minister says the “nonsense on all sides” has to be cut out immediately and it is pointless to be constantly harking back to what happened in 1973 when the Irish fishing industry got a raw deal upon entering the European Economic Community.

“What we want to do is look forward to what is happening in 2010 and 2020.

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