PDs using salmon industry survival as 'political football'

The Progressive Democrats are using the survival of the salmon industry as a political football, an Oireachtas Committee claimed today.

Tue, 11 Oct, 2005 - 15:46

The Progressive Democrats are using the survival of the salmon industry as a political football, an Oireachtas Committee claimed today.

The all-party Marine Committee today called for a three-year ban on drift-net fishing to protect future stocks of the species in Irish rivers.

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