Scrappage plan targets ‘chronic’ over-fishing

A LONG-AWAITED compensation scheme that could see two out of every five Irish fishing vessels removed from overfished waters is set to come into effect in February.

The decommissioning or scrappage scheme, confirmed for next month by the Government, will see fishermen compensated for agreeing to take their boat out of service.

The move is an attempt to resolve the chronic over-fishing of Irish waters which is seeing: