Throwing tonnes of dead fish from trawlers back into the sea is a funny way to conserve stocks

LIVING a lie is what fishermen throughout Ireland and Britain are doing at the moment in relation to conserving fish stocks. It is a problem that nobody wants to talk about and nobody wants to know about.

There has been a lot of controversy regarding quotas of fish stocks. Quotas for most species are small.

There is a very strict landing regime and the larger part of the catch is checked onshore.