Irish fishermen are getting another raw deal

Ireland has 23% of European waters and the richest fishing waters in the European union, yet we are allowed a mere 4% of white-fish quotas.

Irish fishermen are tied up for lack of quotas and have no other means of making a living, except fishing, and yet they pay their taxes.

It is estimated that pelagic vessels hold 86% of the mackerel quotas and land at Castletownbere, in West Cork, for shipment to the continent.