Over 33% of Irish white fish dumped overboard

OVER a third of white fish caught in Irish waters by the domestic fleet is dumped back into the sea dead or dying.

Agriculture, Food and Marine Minister Simon Coveney called on Europe to lift bans and change quotas and catch quantities in favour of species-specific rules.

“Fishermen and the industry want this. It makes no sense for fishermen to be catching fish and then having to throw them back in dead,” he said.