Mackerel ‘minced and dumped’ in Irish waters

EUROPEAN fishermen have been accused of “mincing” thousands of undersized mackerel for their valuable omega oils and dumping the discarded catches in Irish waters.

Extracting the omega oils is a bonus for the mackerel hunters who sell the larger fish at huge profits.

The European Union this week called for an end to “discarding” — the process whereby fish are dumped when the catches are juveniles species, undersized or in excess of quotas.