Trawler decommissioning scheme 'needs to be better funded'

Adrian Cavanagh of Cavanagh Nets Ltd at the Irish Skipper Expo 2023 in the UL Arena, Limerick. Expo sponsors Bord Iascaigh Mhara issued a report which concluded Irish seafood has one of the lowest carbon footprints of any produce in Ireland. Pictures: Julien Behal

Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue needs to put additional funding into the State’s decommissioning scheme for fishing trawlers to make it viable, industry representatives have said.

Speaking at this year’s Irish Skipper Expo, Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation CEO Patrick Murphy said “if the minister wants to make the scheme work, he needs to put more money into it.