Gardaí in four-county blitz on overfishing

GARDAÍ swooped on fishing vessels and factories across four counties yesterday as they continued investigations into overfishing.

Fishing organisations said they cooperated with special Garda units who boarded vessels, and who are believed to have been probing quotas on the fishing of pelagic species, like mackerel and herring.

Early-morning raids were carried out by members of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation in counties Donegal, Cork, Kerry and Galway regions.